Bond Investments that Beat Inflation

Income opportunities in fixed income still exist amid rising inflation Source: Morningstar The degree may vary, but most economists agree that inflationary pressures are re-emerging. A combination of factors, including a rising oil price, Trump’s reflationary fiscal policies and, in the UK, Brexit, are contributing to higher inflation expectations. Inflation has is an historic foe for…

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2017 Trends in the Bond Market

With a year of widespread volatility behind us, uncertainty will likely remain a key theme for 2017 Instability in the financial markets was a major theme for 2016. The second quarter saw record lows in bond yields after the shock of June’s referendum vote in the UK, however, markets have made a recovery in the…

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Jumbo gov’t deals lift 2016 sovereign emerging bond sales to record high

2016 saw emerging markets raising $450 billion in global bond markets, with 2017 expected to be robust Source: Thomson Reuters Dec 22 Emerging governments and companies have raised close to $450 billion on global bond markets in 2016, with sovereign sales hitting record highs, and issuance next year will likely be robust as borrowers scramble to…

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Bond Rout Deepens After Fed Signals on Interest Rates

Yield on benchmark 10-year Treasury note hits the highest intraday level since September 2014 Source: The Wall Street Journal The global bond market rout is deepening Thursday after the Federal Reserve’s latest signal about a quicker pace of interest-rate increases next year provided a fresh catalyst for investors to sell government bonds. The selling sent the…

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DBRS Credit Ratings Integrated with Overbond Platform

Primary Bond market investors, issuers, and dealers will be able to access and analyze DBRS ratings data and links to issuer-level research reports directly from Overbond platform TORONTO and NEW YORK — December 14, 2016 — DBRS, a global provider of credit ratings, and Overbond, the first fully-digital platform for primary bond issuance, announced today…

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Tensions Build Over Bond Allocations and Pricing Feedback

Investors’ reluctance to share bond pricing feedback with syndicate bankers intensified by new regulations Source: Thomson Reuters LONDON, Dec 2 (IFR) – Bond investors and syndicate bankers are growing increasingly frustrated with each other as the already thorny topic of allocations and how to reward investors for their feedback is being further poisoned by new regulations….

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What the coming interest-rate hike will mean for FICC sales and trading jobs on Wall Street

Fed rate hike may have greatest impact in the high-yield bond market and FICC sales and trading businesses Source: eFinancialCareers You should expect an interest hike in the U.S. before Christmas. Growth is accelerating in the U.S. and it’s unlikely that the Fed will resist calls to increase interest rates before too much longer. What will…

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Bond Market Slide Intensifies

Rising rates reflect optimism in economic prospects, but can slow growth by making borrowing more expensive Source: The Wall Street Journal The worst bond rout in three years deepened Thursday, hammering debt issued in emerging markets and many U.S. states and cities, while sparing large companies the brunt of the impact. The yield on the 10-year…

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