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Foreign demand for US assets falls
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:46:18 +0000
Foreign governments and central banks sold a record amount of US financial assets in January as China continued to reduce its holdings of Treasuries, government figures showed on Monday
Emerging market bond sales hit record high
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:21:08 +0000
Sovereign bond markets in developing countries have seen a record $129bn in new deals so far this year, a 42 per cent increase over the same period last year
Short View: US interest rates
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:14:01 +0000
If payrolls start to rise, then higher rates will be here within months, and the Fed will soon send a signal to that effect, writes John Authers
Orascom in record issue
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:10:43 +0000
A mobile phone operator has raised $102m through Bangladesh's biggest corporate bond deal, in another sign the country's capital markets are reviving
Treasury issuance hits swap rates
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:10:34 +0000
The relationship between bonds and derivatives in the UK and the US is being distorted by record government debt issuance
Sovereign risk: are the dangers fading?
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:02:02 +0000
Jan Randolph, head of sovereign risk analysis at IHS Global Insight answered your queries and concerns about the impact of sovereign risk on financial markets on Monday, March 15
Japan's mythical debt crisis
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:44:06 +0000
At some point Japanese policymakers will have to lift rates. Far from portending imminent doom, that would signify that Japan's journey back to economic health had begun, writes Peter Tasker at Arcus Research
Record start to year for emerging market bonds
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:46:13 +0000
Issuance has surged and yield spreads have narrowed to their tightest levels over US Treasuries since June 2008
Euro group stands ready to help Greece
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:22:43 +0000
Eurozone governments declare that they stand ready to help Greece tackle its debt crisis by establishing an emergency financial support facility
South European corporate issues surge
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:10:35 +0000
Corporate bond markets had one of their busiest week in six months as companies in southern Europe joined the rush to issue corporate debt although the Greek debt crisis drew higher interest rates.
Eurozone industrial production speeds ahead
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:44:45 +0000
Industrial production in the eurozone grows at its fastest level for over 20 years in January, amid signs of a far more sustained recovery than had been seen previously
California bonds in demand despite fiscal woe
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:22:52 +0000
California increased the size of a bond sale this week by $500m to $2.5bn thanks largely to demand from individual investors who remain unfazed by mounting strife in public finances around the country
Derivatives transparency is key battleground
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:43:10 +0000
Moves are underway to make prices in the derivatives industry as accessible as those on stock markets, writes Aline van Duyn
CBOE in first steps to $300m offering
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:32:29 +0000
The Chicago Board Options Exchange, the last big member-owned exchange, filed an application with US regulators for an initial public offering, a move that follows years of disputes that have delayed the company from going to the market
S&P warns over America's top-tier rating
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:54:02 +0000
US must adopt a credible medium-term plan to rein in fiscal spending, or face a downgrading
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