Forum: Bonds - US and International

The Asian Development Bank plans to finance clean energy projects across the region by selling a bond denominated in three currencies to Japanese...

Hedge funds and asset managers have in the past year begun to place small bets on the Tadawul More......

A growing divergence in borrowing costs is prompting worries for many peripheral European economies More......

Despite warnings about a bond bubble that could well come to pass, there is little doubt that the mindset of retail investors has fundamentally...

This divergence in bond yields and equity prices is at odds with the relationship that held for most of the past decade More......

Money pulled from shares is being pumped into bonds as the investing public, already worried about jobs and falling house prices, remains sceptical...

US mortgage rates have fallen on the back of persistent signs of weakness in the housing market, where existing home sales fell 27% in July ...

Investors rush to buy Irish debt in spite of rising concerns over the health of the country's economy More......

The use of Spanish government bonds shows that confidence in Madrid has risen in recent weeks as fears recede that the country's sluggish economy...

In an unusual outburst, Dublin accuses rating agency of 'flawed' analysis of country's debt position after it follows Moody's and the IMF in warning...

Fears that the US and other major economies are slowing sharply sent investors piling into the safety of government debt, pushing UK, German and US...

The domestic arm of China's main sovereign wealth fund completed its first bond sale, raising Rmb40bn ($5.9bn) from the interbank market as it...

Overseas investors scoop up longer-term debt as low short-term rates and fears about sub-par growth and disinflation encourage them to look further...

European investors and borrowers have nearly €100bn ($127bn) of CMBS coming due for repayment over the next four years More......

Railway operator sells $250m in bonds, more than twice the minimum announced, with a yield of just 5.95% by reopening an existing century bond that...

The deals, whereby companies tap investors directly for loans, are on track for one of their strongest years, highlighting the extent to which...

Non-US companies have issued record volumes of US bonds this year, as they turn to dollar markets to access cheap funding More......

Investors are pumping money into what is seen as a haven during tough times but some find the parallels with the dotcom era disquieting More......

Cat bonds are on course for one of their strongest-ever years as new and better-quality investors are attracted to the market More......

Latest example of US authorities approving the sale of emerging market derivatives exchange products into the US More......

The single most important language of MBSs and similar products is a system called Intex, buts its limits emerged when MBSs were repackaged into...

Applications by US homeowners to refinance their mortgages have surged in the past week as interest rates touch record lows More......

Investors are divided over what will happen next – whether the US economy can be stopped from sliding into another recession, the Fed can prevent...

Unconventional monetary tools are back on the table, and not just in the US – the hawkish ECB is rumoured to be intervening again, supposedly buying...

Investors fret German-led recovery might not be enough to counter risks posed by precarious finances elsewhere More......

Growing fears of deflation and a feeling that Ben Bernanke's Fed has not yet done enough quantitative easing to prevent a sharp slowdown – and even a...

Hedge fund managers have piled into the US government bond market this year in an attempt to profit from growing volatility and pricing...