Banks Issuing Covered Bonds To Reduce Their Funding Costs In Volatile Markets. Source: Bloomberg Canadian banks are issuing record levels of covered bonds, mortgage-backed debt pioneered in Prussia, helping them to lower funding costs in volatile markets. The country’s lenders have sold 5.75 billion euros ($6.5 billion) of covered bonds this year, up about 50…
As the market could be riskier early next year with supply lining up, CLO managers are willing to take the plunge now rather than waiting for the new year’s issuance window. Source: Bloomberg It’s been an expensive month to price new collateralized loan obligations in Europe. But the fear of what lies ahead is spurring…
The yield curve has fallen to its flattest level since the 2007-09 recession which can cause bond-market investors to take notice and start bracing for a possible inversion. Traditionally safe assets like long- and short-term bonds have fared a bit better following yield-curve inversions. Source: Wall Street Journal The yield curve—the difference between the interest…
As U.S. tax cuts prompt Apple Inc. and other tech companies to bring home their overseas cash hoards, it’s leaving a void in the market for short-term corporate bonds, where those firms had invested much of the money. That’s now making it more expensive for other companies to borrow. Source: Bloomberg Once the biggest buyers of short-dated corporate…
Analysts and economists expect long-term rates in the U.S. to trade within a range possibly driving a search for yield in emerging markets, however, some advisors remain unconvinced and choose to take risks only in stocks, using low-risk, high-quality bond investments to balance a portfolio. Source: CNBC A good reason to buy the bonds of…
The Economist article featuring Overbond AI capabilities that establish the bridge between investment banking and trading worlds. Bankers can get in front of the deal flow using Overbond predictive analytics and fixed income investors can get relative value view and pre-trade analytics. Source: The Economist With the exception of a few governments big enough to run…
The yield on 10-year U.S. Treasuries hit 3 percent for the first time in more than four years. Its breach of the threshold helped focus investors on the rising risks for equities. Source: The Globe and Mail The march higher in bond yields reached a critical level on Tuesday that could prompt portfolio managers…
Regulators and investors are suggesting increased transparency in primary issuance markets by streamlining the traditional trading process through an electronic trading platform. Source: Bloomberg A tussle is emerging between underwriters over who controls the levers of a $2.3 trillion market for new company bonds, with the U.S. as the chosen battleground. Tech firm Ipreo, jointly owned…
MiFID II best execution standards are forcing institutional investors to apply artificial intelligence to ensure they meet the growing demand for data and insight Source: MarketsMedia More than two-thirds of asset managers want to improve their data collection for bonds as regulations have introduced new transparency, reporting and best execution requirements. MiFID II, which came into…
The volatility in equities are steadily moving higher in sovereign yields and a strong demand for debt are likely to be the reasons the corporate bond market has held firm. Source: Financial Times As investors sought to digest the first swoon in US stock markets since early 2016, chipmaker Broadcom outlined plans to tap the debt…
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