Bonds
Best in Italy
Structured Products Europe Awards 2010
Are there enough liquid assets to satisfy regulations?
Grease is the word
ICFA talks Target2- Securities with the ECB
Jean-Michel Godeffroy, chairman of the T2S programme board at the European Central Bank, talks through the future of the settlement platform with Melanie White of ICFA Magazine
Deutsche Bank launches euro sovereign bond ETFs
db x-trackers has listed two euro sovereign bond ETFs in Frankfurt, giving access to high yield or AAA eurozone debt.
Distributor profile: Promoteo waits for bonds to lose their shine
The waiting game
Gap between emerging and developed economies growing, says Credit Institute panel
Investors remain under-allocated to emerging market debt, despite emerging countries growing more rapidly – and, in many cases, boasting healthier balance sheets – than developed economies, panellists say.
iShares introduces the first euro high-yield bond ETF
iShares introduces the first euro high-yield bond ETF
Indosat $650m bond success augurs well for Indonesia issuers
A $650 million bond from Indonesian telco Indosat, issued last month, was a record 16 times oversubscribed. What was it about the deal that attracted investors in such numbers?
China bond laws 'a problem' for investors
Economic reforms in China have gathered pace in recent years. But the country’s bond markets remain hampered by significant structural problems, including state-administered interest rates and a murky legal system subject to government interference.
Global economic imbalances may lead to 'bond trap' for investors
US-led efforts to rebalance the global economy are in danger of foundering on Europe’s fiscal retrenchment drive. The result, warn economists, may be a global bond trap, whereby surplus liquidity is channelled into safe government debt, freezing…
TradingScreen launches corporate bond platform in Europe
TradingScreen has created a multilateral trading platform to streamline the process of corporate bond transactions by centralising the buying and selling of corporate bonds in Europe.
Irish government considers sovereign annuity bonds
IAPF director insists plan is not a bailout of private sector schemes
German agency KfW maintains its €75bn issuance target for 2010
The head of capital markets at KfW, Horst Seissinger, explains how building long-term relationships with investors has helped the bank achieve its funding targets even during periods of extreme volatility in the financial markets.
Issuance slowdown raises refinancing fears for high yield borrowers
Corporate bond issuance plummeted in May, with issuers and investors wary of the effects of the ongoing sovereign crisis on the credit markets. Faced with an unprecedented refinancing wall, it may be high yield borrowers who suffer most.
S&P creates taxable municipal bond index
Standard and Poor's has created a taxable municipal bond index to give investors access to this low default risk, high return bond class.
Vanguard expands ETF offering with products on equities, fixed income and property
US ETF company Vanguard has increased its business with products on US equity benchmarks, real estate and bonds
Sovereign debt and CDSs: a collection of articles from Risk.net
The world is watching nervously as sovereign debt is rocked by fiscal and economic crises in the eurozone.
S&P creates taxable municipal bond index; talks structured products and ETFs
Standard and Poor's Taxable Municipal Bond Index offers exposure to a market that has grown substantially since the beginning of 2009.
Struggling sovereigns could look to retail bond solution
Spain and Portugal should follow Italy’s lead by tapping retail investors, says Barclays economist.
Bond ambition – The World Bank’s attempts to launch a longevity bond in Chile
Attempts to diversify longevity risk into the broader financial system have so far focused on using swaps. But in an ambitious move, the World Bank has tried to launch the first ever longevity bond in Chile. Aaron Woolner reports on how successful this…
How to pick crisis-proof credits
The credit bull run of 2009 is a footnote in history. But discerning fund managers are finding there is still value to be had in credit; the challenge is picking the right names.
Indian corporates frustrate international bond investors by sticking to domestic rupee markets
International asset managers are keen to gain exposure to India, but just how keen is India to court foreign investors? With local companies able to fund themselves adequately in the domestic market, investors may struggle to find suitable offshore bond…
