“Green bond” issuance is growing fast with $150 billion expected to be issued this year Source: The Wall Street Journal “Green bond” issuance is growing fast, part of the overall trend of do-good investments becoming more popular. And U.S. fund companies are looking to tap into investor demand for these bonds, which finance environmentally friendly projects…
Leading global ETF performers evolved in 1Q17 that reflected, in part, the markets’ changing assessment of Trump’s ability to implement his election promises Source: Ted Carmichael Global Macro The first quarter of 2017 is in the books, so it’s time to review the performance of our global ETF portfolios. The quarter kicked off with the inauguration…
The Fed is expected to slow down their purchase of agency mortgage-backed securities thanks to the refinancing slowdown Source: The Wall Street Journal The Federal Reserve has been buying up fewer mortgage bonds in recent months thanks to a flameout of the American refinancing boom, one factor that economists say is likely to help shape Fed…
European Governments and related organizations ramp up their sales of new debt as bond markets brace for rise in interest rates Source: Financial Times European governments and related organisations have ramped up their sales of new debt this year, in the latest sign of bond markets bracing for rises in interest rates and an increase in…
Overbond featured in Global Risk Regulator analysis as fintech platform that enhances regulatory compliance and regulatory reporting capabilities for primary bond market participants Source: Global Risk Regulator The market structures that help to mitigate systemic risk could be under threat if financial technology (fintech) firms become too successful too quickly. In a speech given to a…
Canada’s federal government will issue $142 billion of bonds next fiscal year, $7 billion higher than the previous year’s record, to finance its growing budget deficit Source: Financial Post The amount eclipses the previous year’s record of $135 billion, which was revised up from a projected $133 billion. The bulk of the issuance will be in…
Foreign investors own just 1.2 percent of China’s $9 trillion bond market, but Wall Street’s attitude toward Chinese bonds may soon change Source: CNBC Suddenly, Wall Street is getting more serious about investing in Chinese bonds. The “potential demand is tremendous,” Rick Rieder, global chief investment officer of fixed income at BlackRock, told CNBC Tuesday. Major…
In a move to limit the disruption to investors, a coming rule change has triggered a surge of Formosa bonds: Issuance is up 81% year-to-date to $17.1 billion Source: The Wall Street Journal Big U.S. companies like Apple Inc. and Pfizer Inc. have the world’s largest corporate bond market in their backyard. So why have they…
The market closely scrutinizes Yellen’s speech as to clues on a probable rate hike, with the forward market already pricing in a 80% possibility that a rate hike will occur this month Source: BusinessDay The South African bond market was firmer in late afternoon trade on Friday, ahead of US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen’s last…
Issuance could remain muted for much of the rest of 2017 despite fund managers pouring record amounts of money into the bonds at the start of the year Source: Bloomberg Blue-chip U.S. companies are pulling back from borrowing just when investors most want to lend. Investment-grade corporate bond sales were $95.8 billion in February, the worst…
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