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Credit investors to face losses before taxpayers under Basel proposal
In the financial crisis, holders of tier 2 debt in failing financials found their investments protected when taxpayers were made to bear the brunt of bailouts. But a new proposal by the Basel Committee...
ETF provider iShares is offering exposure to the euro high-yield bond market as investors look for easy access to yield
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?
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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 investors...
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.
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