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Asia stocks, bonds suffer central bank anxiety attack
September 12th, 2016
Asian shares suffered their sharpest setback since June on Monday as investors were rattled by rising bond yields and talk the Federal Reserve might be serious about lifting U.S. interest rates as early as next week. European bourses were ...
Yen Jumps on BOJ Decision as Japanese Bonds Sink; Gold Climbs
July 29th, 2016
Kuroda expands ETF purchase target, leaving policy rate steady BOJ release will be followed by Europe stress tests, U.S. GDP The Bank of Japan’s most anticipated policy announcement in years left investors underwhelmed, sparking a surge in the yen ...
Global stocks slide, bonds surge as Brexit fears resurface
July 6th, 2016
Asian share markets turned tail on Wednesday as fears over instability in the European Union returned with a vengeance, sending the pound to three-decade lows and hammering risky assets of all stripes. In frantic trading reminiscent of the fateful ...
London Stock Exchange Group Joins Climate Bonds Initiative Partnership Program
April 8th, 2016
Becomes first global exchange group to partner with the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) LSEG committed supporter of green financing Builds on launch of dedicated green bond segments London Stock Exchange Group today announces that it has become the first ...
Moody’s: Cross-currency swaps mitigate effect of exchange controls on covered bonds and securitisations
January 19th, 2016
Moody’s Investors Service says cross-currency swaps that mitigate the effect of foreign exchange controls have enabled Moody’s to assign ratings above the applicable foreign currency bond ceilings to foreign-currency-denominated covered bonds and securitisation transactions. “To mitigate the transferability and ...
Greek Senior Bank Bonds Fall on Dijsselbloem Bail-In Comment
August 17th, 2015
Senior bonds of Greek banks tumbled after Euro-area finance ministers protected depositors from any losses in the nation’s 86 billion-euro ($96 billion) bailout. Eurogroup President and Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Friday depositors will be shielded from ...
EBS BrokerTec launches BrokerTec European Government Bonds data product
August 13th, 2015
EBS BrokerTec, ICAP’s market-leading electronic foreign exchange (FX) and fixed income business, announces today that it has launched the BrokerTec European Government Bonds premium pricing data product, distributed by ICAP Information Services, the information division of ICAP. The product ...
ICAP Global Broking launches first matching session in South African rand government bonds
July 16th, 2015
ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, announces today that ICAP Global Broking has launched its first matching session in South African rand (ZAR) local currency government bonds. Executed ...
China allows brokerages to issue bonds
July 2nd, 2015
China‘s securities watchdog on Wednesday allowed stock brokerages to issue bonds to widen their funding channels after a continued losing streak on the country’s stock market. Brokerage were allowed to issue or transfer short-term corporate bonds via stock exchanges ...
CYPRUS: PDMO sells €31m in retail bonds, €182m so far
June 26th, 2015
The Cyprus Ministry of Finance sold 6-year government bonds worth €31 mln in its monthly offer this week, the second highest in the programme that started last year, suggesting that investors were unaffected by the government’s move to lower ...
