Main image: WHILE the world of geopolitics looks as risky as ever, the markets seem to go on their sweet way, recording new highs for equity indices. In large part, of course, this is down to signs of an improving global...
Print section Print Rubric: The big risks may be in corporate, not government, bonds Print Headline: Yielding to temptation Print Fly Title: Buttonwood UK Only Article: standard article...
Print section Print Rubric: Low interest rates have made more or less all investments expensive Print Headline: The bubble without any fizz Print Fly Title: Asset prices UK Only Article: standard...
Main image: AS EXPECTED, the Federal Reserve announced on September 20th that it will soon begin reversing the asset purchases it made during and after the financial crisis. From October, America’s central bank will stop...
Main image: THE stockmarket's positive mood has managed to survive the tensions over North Korea's nuclear programme. In part, this is because investors believe that global economic growth and corporate...
Main image: THE yield on the ten-year Treasury bond fell to 2.13% on August 28th, after North Korea fired a missile over Japanese territory. Investors tend to buy government bonds when they feel risk-averse. That will have come...
Print section Print Rubric: The reach for yield becomes quite a stretch Print Headline: Still crazy after falling yields Print Fly Title: Risky sovereign bonds UK Only Article: standard article...
Main image: TEN years ago, BNP Paribas, a French bank, temporarily suspended dealings in three funds, citing “the complete evaporation of liquidity in certain market segments of the US securitisation market”. Many...
Print section Print Rubric: A sell-off of corporate bonds could lead to a breaking-point for the market Print Headline: The bonds that break Print Fly Title: Buttonwood UK Only Article: standard...
Print section Print Rubric: Africa is Islamic finance’s next frontier. But barriers to entry are high Print Headline: Saharan sharia Print Fly Title: Islamic banking in Africa UK Only Article: ...
Print section Print Rubric: Some leading emerging markets threaten to rebel against the ratings agencies Print Headline: Double standards? Print Fly Title: Sovereign-bond ratings UK Only Article: ...
Print section Print Rubric: A court case shakes the foundations of Islamic finance Print Headline: Appealing to the umpire Print Fly Title: Islamic bonds UK Only Article: standard article...
Print section Print Rubric: Index inclusions will force investors to buy Chinese stocks and bonds Print Headline: Financial assets, made in China Print Fly Title: Global markets UK Only Article: ...
Print section Print Rubric: Once again, investors have been surprised by the bond market Print Headline: Wrong numbers Print Fly Title: Buttonwood UK Only Article: standard article Issue: ...
Main image: DONALD TRUMP and Theresa May may have done more to push Europeans together, and open up an opportunity for reform of its institutions, than any pro-European American president or British prime minister could ever...
Print section Print Headline: Central banks UK Only Article: standard article Issue: The middle has fallen out of British politics This week Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, said that he...
Print section Print Rubric: The Methuselah trade Print Headline: Taking the ultra-long view Print Fly Title: Government debt UK Only Article: standard article Issue: The data economy...
Main image: MANUAL trading has all but disappeared in much of finance. Most stock exchanges no longer have shouting floor traders; anyone from retail investors to the largest asset managers can buy and sell shares through easy,...
Print section Print Rubric: Corporate-bond markets are astonishingly archaic. Time to bring them into the 21st century Print Headline: Broken dealers Print Fly Title: Corporate-bond markets UK Only...
Print section Print Rubric: Corporate-bond markets are being revamped by digitisation Print Headline: Click to trade Print Fly Title: Corporate-bond markets UK Only Article: standard article...
Main image: AMERICA is a global superpower, the world's largest economy and it has the most liquid capital markets. The Treasury bond yield is often described as the “risk-free” asset for the financial system, the thing...
Print section Print Rubric: Europeans are borrowing more cheaply than the American government Print Headline: Generation gap UK Only Article: standard article Issue: Amazon’s empire Fly...
Print section Print Rubric: Politicians have been able to ignore the bond markets Print Headline: Undaunted by downgrades Print Fly Title: Buttonwood UK Only Article: standard article...
Print section Print Rubric: There is more to the latest euro-area bond-market jitters than political risk Print Headline: Unhappy birthday Print Fly Title: Euro-zone bond markets UK Only Article: ...
MOSCOW, Feb 2 (Reuters) - The Russian government on Thursday approved a privatisation programme for 2017-2019 aimed at plugging holes in the state budget, which has been hurt by weak oil prices and...
WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury announced on Wednesday it will hold the size of coupon auctions steady in the upcoming quarter when it conducts a small "contingency auction" that an...
BUDAPEST, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused Kiev of provoking this week's flare up in fighting in eastern Ukraine, saying it was a ploy to win the support of the...
BUCHAREST, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Romania's Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu said on Thursday his government will not repeal a decree that decriminalises some graft offenses.
A small New York-based bank has filed a class action suit against 16 of the world's largest banks, charging that it was hurt by their alleged manipulation of the Libor interest rate.
Caught up in the Libor scandal, the star investment banker and American CEO of the British bank was forced to resign. His departure represents the end of an era for big banks.
Escalating fears about Spain's debt problems sent investors rushing to safe haven investments Monday, including governments bonds in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner defended his 2008 response to the Libor-fixing scandal that continues to unfold, and stressed that more reforms and enforcement actions are on the way.
Foreign investors bought a total of $45.9 billion of U.S. Treasury bonds and notes in May, compared with net purchases of $38.7 billion in April. Overall, China, the U.S. government's top creditor, remains the largest holder of U.S....
Banks implicated in the Libor-fixing scandal will likely take billions more in losses as a result of pending litigation and regulatory penalties, according to industry analysts at Morgan Stanley.
Bond yields are twisting much like they did last fall following the Federal Reserve's announcement Wednesday that it is extending its so-called Operation Twist program -- a widely anticipated move.
Spain just can't catch a break. The yield on the 10-year bond topped 7% early Thursday, just one day after Spain's credit rating was slashed by Moodys.