The Bear Market in Bonds Already Looks Shaky

Although bond bears believe that the future holds lower bond prices, experts believe they are bound to be disappointed once again. Source: Bloomberg The New Yorker magazine once ran a cartoon depicting two politicians sitting in an office in the shadow of the Capitol, with a man behind the desk saying, “Those who ignore history are…

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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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