New York Congresswoman AOC Pens Letter to Pam Bondi: Am I Under Investigation?
WASHINGTON, D.C. — New York City Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) wants to know if she’s under investigation by the Department of Justice for holding an online forum to help illegal aliens living…
Column-Dollar may rely on QE-freed euro bond buyers: Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON – Plague, war and inflation define the year so far – but faith in the U.S. dollar seems to have made it through the first three months. Thanks…
France’s Sanofi offers 1.5 billion euro bond linked to access to medicine
(Reuters) – French healthcare group Sanofi said it had priced a first sustainability-linked bond issue that will be indexed on access to medicines, and worth 1.5 billion euros ($1.7 billion). The company…
K.C. Fed’s George: Balance sheet debate needs to account for bond inversion risk
(Reuters) – The brief inversion of the U.S. bond yield curve on Tuesday is a cautionary sign for the Federal Reserve that may need to be factored into coming debates on management…
Column-Elusive bond risk premium misses its curtain call: Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON – If not now, when? Investors typically demand some added compensation for holding a security over many years to cover all the unknowables over long horizons – making…
Marketmind: A 1-2 punch from the bond markets
A look at the day ahead in markets from Dhara Ranasinghe. Whether or not you believe in the signalling power of the U.S. Treasury curve, inversion of the key 2-10 year segment…
Column-Elusive bond risk premium misses its curtain call: Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON – If not now, when? Investors typically demand some added compensation for holding a security over many years to cover all the unknowables over long horizons – making…
Are Bond Yields Signaling That A Recession Is On The Horizon?
Are Bond Yields Signaling That A Recession Is On The Horizon? Harry Wilmerding on March 28, 2022 The yield on a 5-year Treasury note soared past the yield on a 30-year Treasury…
Marketmind: Now even Japan seems ok with rising bond yields
A look at the day ahead in markets from Tommy Wilkes. Even the arch-dove among central banks, the Bank of Japan appears to be getting comfortable with higher interest rates — a…
El Salvador postpones bitcoin bond issue, expects better conditions
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR – El Salvador postponed an unprecedented issue of a bitcoin-backed bond planned for last week, as the government decided to wait for favorable conditions in the financial…
ECB should consider Greece’s progress in key bond decision – de Guindos
FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank should consider Greece’s economic progress when it decides whether to keep granting it funding despite its ‘junk’ credit rating in the coming days, the ECB’s vice-president…
Evraz bond payment blocked, sees link to Abramovich sanction
LONDON – Evraz, the Russian steelmaker whose biggest shareholder is Roman Abramovich, said on Monday a bond coupon payment of nearly $19 million had not been received by its principal paying agent,…
U.S. bond funds see money outflows for 10th straight week
– U.S. bond funds posted big outflows in the week to March 16 as another strong reading on U.S. inflation last week locked in expectations that the Federal Reserve will have to…
Global bond funds see outflows for tenth successive week
– Global bond funds saw money outflows for the tenth consecutive week in the week to March 16, as higher U.S. inflation levels evoked expectations that the Federal Reserve would need to…
Some creditors have received Russian bond coupon payments-sources
LONDON – Sovereign bond coupon payments that Russia was due to make on March 16 have been received by bondholders, in dollars, two market sources told Reuters on Thursday. Earlier another source…
Tesla delays over $1 billion bond sale backed by auto leases – Bloomberg News
– Electric-car maker Tesla Inc delayed a more than $1 billion offering of bonds backed by leases on its electric vehicles, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. The move follows “buy now, pay…
No confirmation yet of key Russian bond payment, bondholder says
LONDON – International bondholders were still waiting on Wednesday to see whether or not Russia would make crucial coupon payments due on two of its government bonds. One bondholder who requested anonymity…
Inflation-wary bond markets focused on Fed’s tricky balancing act
By Karen Brettell – With the Federal Reserve almost certain to hike interest rates this week for the first time in more than three years, investors will be focused on how it…
Euro zone bond yields soar as ECB signal end to bond buys in Q3
By Yoruk Bahceli and Dhara Ranasinghe – Euro zone sovereign bond yields soared and the euro dipped on Thursday after the European Central Bank said it plans to end its bond buying…
ECB won’t raise rates until some time after net bond buying ends -Lagarde
FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank has no intention of raising interest rates until some time after it has ended its bond buying at the end of the third quarter, ECB President…
Drug Trafficker Who Distributed Narcotics While On State Bond Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison
Tampa, FL – U.S. District Judge William F. Jung has sentenced Jarran Riley (37, Clearwater) to 15 years in federal prison for distributing narcotics. Riley had pleaded guilty on December 9, 2021. …
Factbox-Key Russian sovereign and corporate bond payment deadlines in coming days
LONDON – Tough Western sanctions on Russia and rhetoric from Moscow have raised doubts about whether the Russian government and the country’s companies will continue to make payments on their bonds in…
No immediate impact from Russia sanctions on bond index rebalancing – JPMorgan
LONDON – JPMorgan said there was no immediate impact from sanctions on Russia at the month-end rebalancing of its emerging market bond indexes. The indexes are key performance benchmarks for international investors…
Italian banks’ govt bond holdings rise in January – ECB
MILAN – Italian lenders increased their domestic government bond holdings in January, European Central Bank data showed on Friday. Their portfolio rose to 419.62 billion euros ($468.84 billion) last month, compared with…
Japan’s central bank lowers limits on CP, corporate bond purchases
TOKYO – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) said on Friday it had decided to reduce the maximum amounts of commercial paper (CP) and corporate bonds it can buy in a single issuer’s…
JPMorgan says may review Ukraine’s inclusion into key local bond index
LONDON – JPMorgan has said it may have to review plans to start including Ukraine government bonds in it influential GBI-Emerging Markets index at the end of the next month amid the…
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