Yankee Bond Market News

Junk bond market on verge of record week

LONDON/NEW YORK, Feb 3 (IFR) - The junk bond marketwas poised Friday to break the record for weekly volume, withinvestors ploughing money into the sector in a way that recallsthe days before the global ...

US CORP BONDS-IG MIDDAY: Financials lead new issues

NEW YORK, Jan 23 (IFR) - Financials are dominating thenew issue market today, with Dutch insurer Aegon NV and CharlesSchwab Corp announcing preferred securities, and Bank ofMontreal a five-year covered ...

S&P/LSTA Index Loan Index Hits All-Time High With A 2.18% Gain In Jan.

Buoyed by robust technical conditions and improving investor sentiment across the capital markets, the S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index returned 2.18% in January. That’s the best monthly performance since October, and, before that, March 2010. The larger names that comprise the S&P/LSTA 100 Index fared even better in January, posting a 2.88% return. And with the bulls running, the search for yield ...

IFR-European high-yield credits head for US market

Jan 19 (IFR) - Their local leveraged finance marketsstruggling, European issuers are now actively taking theirbusiness abroad - to US loan and high-yield investors. Yankee borrowers Taminco and Kabel Deutschland ...

US CORP BONDS-HY MIDDAY: European credits head to US market

NEW YORK, Jan 19 (IFR) - With their local leveragedfinance markets struggling, European issuers are actively takingtheir business abroad to US loan and high-yield investors.Yankee borrowers Taminco Global ...