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High-Yield Bonds’ Distress Signals Are Fading. That Could Spell Trouble. Barrons

High-Yield Bonds’ Distress Signals Are Fading. That Could Spell Trouble.

The long-term median spread between high-yield bonds and Treasuries is 4.85 percentage points, according to…

Meredith RowleyArticle published date: September 2, 2020

After Stock Split, Tesla’s Share-Sale Plans Boost Bonds Wall Street Journal

After Stock Split, Tesla’s Share-Sale Plans Boost Bonds

“It’s been a roller-coaster ride for bond investors,” said Hitin Anand, industrials analyst at CreditSights.…

Meredith RowleyArticle published date: September 2, 2020

China’s mega banks lost billions of dollars in profit as bad loans rise during coronavirus pandemic CNBC

China’s mega banks lost billions of dollars in profit as bad loans rise during coronavirus pandemic

“The banks have been asked to ... perform ‘national service.’ They’ve been asked to support the…

Meredith RowleyArticle published date: August 31, 2020

Tencent Music scores smash hit with $800m bond debut, builds $13bn book Global Capital Asia

Tencent Music scores smash hit with $800m bond debut, builds $13bn book

CreditSights likened TME's standalone credit profile to Baidu, JD.com and Xiaomi, all Chinese tech companies…

Ali Shah RajaniArticle published date: August 27, 2020

Road King drives off with $300m Global Capital Asia

Road King drives off with $300m

Analysts at CreditSights saw fair value for the new bonds around 6.3%. But given the…

J'mie YapArticle published date: August 26, 2020

Fed slows corporate debt purchases to trickle MarketWatch

Fed slows corporate debt purchases to trickle

“As expected, Fed purchases of both corporate bond ETFs and direct purchases of bonds slowed…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: August 11, 2020

Fed Ramps Up Auto Bond Buying With Industry Starting to Recover Bloomberg

Fed Ramps Up Auto Bond Buying With Industry Starting to Recover

The Fed bought another $224 million of debt tied to auto companies since its last…

Meredith RowleyArticle published date: August 11, 2020

Municipal-Bond Market Faces Test From This Week’s Flurry of Bond Sales Barrons

Municipal-Bond Market Faces Test From This Week’s Flurry of Bond Sales

Muni investors saw a $22 billion cash “wave” last week from maturing and called securities,…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: August 11, 2020

DBS Is Best Positioned Among Singapore’s Banks Amid Headwinds: CreditSights CNBC

DBS Is Best Positioned Among Singapore’s Banks Amid Headwinds: CreditSights

DBS has “far more diversified” revenue streams compared to its competitors in Singapore, says Pramod…

Meredith RowleyArticle published date: August 6, 2020