Bonds
The Post Office has expanded its savings range with the launch of a new five-year Inflation Linked Bond offering savers the opportunity of a market-leading return...
Despite the handicaps of low government yields, compressed credit spreads, peripheral European sovereign risk and an investor base seemingly desperate to re-enter the stock market, investors should keep an eye on the corporate bond market in 2011, says Ben Bennett, Credit Strategist at Legal & General Investment Management...
A new retail bond from Royal Bank of Scotland has entered the London Stock Exchange’s Order book for Retail Bonds...
National Ethical Investment Week is a campaign to ensure that everyone knows that they have green and ethical options when it comes to their finance and investment decisions...
Investors are underestimating the opportunities for Asian local currency bond markets, according to Rajeev de Mello, Head of Asian Investments at Legg Mason affiliate Western Asset Management...
The average rate across fixed-rate bonds has dropped by 0.35% over the last three months, according to analysis by moneysupermarket...
Investors are quitting junk bonds at the fastest rate since September 2005, the Financial Times reports...
Interest rates on government bonds will more than double over the next decade. An ageing population and a more unstable economy will combine to lift the cost of borrowing, according to the Barclays Equity Gilt Study...
The US government sold $16 billion of 30-year bonds at a yield of 4.720% last week. This was the highest since August 2007 and was above expectations...
By Mike Jones Cambridge-based software company Autonomy is to issue a £500million convertible bond...
By Mike Jones South African state-owned transport company Transnet plans to sell US $2billion of international debt to help fund infrastructure spending...
By Mike Jones Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has launched the Royal London Global Index Linked Fund to help investors hedge against potential increases in global inflation and target more attractive yields outside the UK...
By Mike Jones The increased possibility of a hung parliament as Conservative poll dominance wanes has led to a cooling in demand for UK bonds...
US food giant Kraft is reported to be planning a US billion bond sale to help fund its takeover of UK chocolate firm Cadbury...
Manchester United only launched their £500million bond issue a fortnight ago yet already it is among the market’s worst performers this year...
Japanese government bond futures fell today following last week's one-month peak. The drop came as the Ministry of Finance prepared its 2...
By Mike Jones The London Stock Exchange today launched its new electronic Order book for Retail Bonds...
The euro has taken another tumble and stock markets have been hit once more by fears about Greece's debt problems...
Treasury minister Stephen Timms said there was still a healthy demand for Government bonds, despite Britain's record deficit...
Debt-hit Greece is reported to be trying to persuade China to buy up to 25 billion euros of government bonds...
By Mike Jones The Greek economy enjoyed a welcome boost as demand for its first bond issue of the year was three times more than the amount available for purchase...
By Mike Jones Manchester United have raised £504million through a bond issue. The success means the money will pay off nearly all of the Premier League club's outstanding debts of £509million...
Greece may issue bonds in yen and dollars to tackle its worrying budget deficit. The announcement was made by Greek officials to ease fears across Europe and around the world about the state of the country's economy...
By Mike Jones Saffron Building Society has launched a new, competitive six-month fixed-rate corporate savings bond...
The yield on 10-year Government bonds yesterday rose by nine basis points to 4.024% following publication of figures which saw UK inflation record its largest ever increase between two months...
By Mike Jones Invesco Perpetual has announced the launch of a new fund, the Invesco Perpetual Tactical Bond Fund, which aims to maximise total return primarily through a flexible allocation to fixed interest securities and cash...
By Mike Jones Manchester United fans angry at the US Glazer family's ownership of the club want manager Sir Alex Ferguson to quit in protest...
The price of Indian Oil Corp.’s first overseas USD 500 million bond sale jumped as trading began in Asia after the New Delhi-based company completed the sale...
Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan’s biggest investment bank, is set to recruit 125 investment bankers to its fixed-income teams in Asia outside Japan this year as part of a plan to increase revenue from the region by at least 30 per cent...
Rising employment figures are expected to push the Australian dollar to an eight-week high against the U...
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