World’s biggest bond market braces for the week that could change everything

This week is fraught with peril for Treasuries traders, no matter if they’re bulls or bears. Source: Financial Times The next five trading days will bring a torrent of market-moving information: President Donald Trump is poised to finally announce his nominee to lead the Federal Reserve; U.S. central bankers have an interest-rate decision to make;…

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Can you survive as debt capital markets gets digitised?

The bond market is the world’s largest and deepest source of capital for companies and governments, yet there is no centralized information source. Source: eFinancialCareers The advisory functions of investment banks are ripe for disruption. While currently, many investment banks are suggesting that digital innovations will merely remove the grunt work for skilled deal-makers, I…

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China’s Bond-Yield Curve Gets Bent Out of Shape

 Investor sentiment is mixed after Beijing’s campaign this spring to make Chinese markets less risky, with yields on seven-year government bonds rising above yields of both five-year and 10-year bonds. Source: The Wall Street Journal China’s $1.7 trillion government-bond market is turning ever weirder. In a fresh sign of the nerves among investors caused by Beijing’s campaign this…

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Chinese Bonds could Trigger ‘Tremendous’ Demand from Wall Street

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…

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