Emerging market corporate bonds can provide higher returns for an equivalent risk

Emerging markets are turning into a mainstream asset class providing a wider bond market corporate issuers with diversification as a key element. Source: The National Corporate bonds have a long tradition in developed markets, with a large investor base across the credit rating spectrum. Over the past decade, corporate bonds of issuers based in emerging…

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Euro credit rush to only cool modestly in 2020

Europe’s Credit Market Expected to go from Red Hot to merely Boiling in 2020 Source: Gulf Times Europe’s credit market may go from red hot to merely boiling in 2020. After a banner year for sales of new bonds, the pace of issuance may prove hard to sustain next year because companies have already rushed…

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Sweden’s $8.3bn green bond issuance outstrips Nordic rivals

Public sector green issuance has been overshadowed by Sweden’s local government funding agencies to surpass the total Nordic issuances in 2019. Source: Expert Investor Local government funding agencies have dominated regional public sector issuance. Sweden has issued a whopping $8.26bn in green bonds so far in 2019, equivalent to about half of the total issuance…

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