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A Warren Buffet company held liable for wildfires is spooking utility investors Bloomberg

A Warren Buffet company held liable for wildfires is spooking utility investors

Destructive wildfires are now an almost routine part of summer in the American West, and…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: July 18, 2023

Evergrande’s overdue results to show steep losses, market eyes liquidity update The Business Times

Evergrande’s overdue results to show steep losses, market eyes liquidity update

China Evergrande Group, the world's most indebted property developer, is expected to post on Monday…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: July 17, 2023

JPMorgan, Wells Fargo tap high-grade bond market after earnings Bloomberg

JPMorgan, Wells Fargo tap high-grade bond market after earnings

JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Co. both tapped the U.S. investment-grade primary…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: July 17, 2023

Top Wall Street banks set to give sleepy bond market a boost Bloomberg

Top Wall Street banks set to give sleepy bond market a boost

A deluge of fresh bank bonds is poised to sweep corporate debt markets, with some…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: July 13, 2023

Inflation at 3% flags end of emergency, turning point for Fed Bloomberg

Inflation at 3% flags end of emergency, turning point for Fed

The U.S. inflation rate slide to a more than two-year low, a major step toward…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: July 12, 2023

Chinese developer Kaisa sued over onshore bonds Financial Times

Chinese developer Kaisa sued over onshore bonds

A Singapore hedge fund has filed a petition in Hong Kong to wind up defaulted…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: July 10, 2023

Muni outperformance continues amid dearth of supply Bond Buyer

Muni outperformance continues amid dearth of supply

Municipals were little changed ahead of the Fourth of July, while U.S. Treasuries were weaker…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: July 3, 2023

Investors await outsized new-issue slate filled with high grades Bond Buyer

Investors await outsized new-issue slate filled with high grades

Municipals were steady to start off the week, awaiting an outsized new-issue calendar, while U.S.…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: June 26, 2023

Porsche Holdco builds out nascent bond curve Global Capital

Porsche Holdco builds out nascent bond curve

Porsche Automobil Holding made a solid return to the bond market on Monday, although this…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: June 26, 2023

Introducing the ‘TSwift lift’ Financial Times

Introducing the ‘TSwift lift’

Taylor Swift's notoriously rabid dedicated fans are boosting hotels' revenues as the Eras Tour "lurch…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: June 23, 2023

Even with clean balance sheets, oil and gas drillers exposed to rate increases S&P Global

Even with clean balance sheets, oil and gas drillers exposed to rate increases

U.S. oil and gas producers have overhauled their spending habits in the past three years,…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: June 22, 2023

NiSource touts premium valuation in sale of Ind. utility stake to Blackstone S&P Global

NiSource touts premium valuation in sale of Ind. utility stake to Blackstone

NiSource Inc. will receive a "meaningful premium" compared to alternative sources of financing by raising…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: June 20, 2023

Anchorage, BlackRock hire adviser as SBB battle heats up Bloomberg

Anchorage, BlackRock hire adviser as SBB battle heats up

A group of investors holding more than €1 billion ($1.09 billion) of SBB bonds have…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: June 16, 2023

Berkshire unit fire suit heads toward multibillion-dollar finale Bloomberg

Berkshire unit fire suit heads toward multibillion-dollar finale

CreditSights utility analyst Andy DeVries said in a June 12 research note that a maximum…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: June 14, 2023

Rising interest rates do not stop U.S. utility infrastructure, renewables spending S&P Global

Rising interest rates do not stop U.S. utility infrastructure, renewables spending

Spending on utility infrastructure and renewable energy projects in the U.S. and Canada is expected…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: June 12, 2023

$18.8B Magellan-Oneok deal may be in trouble because of tax issue S&P Global

$18.8B Magellan-Oneok deal may be in trouble because of tax issue

The fourth-largest investor in oil pipeline operator Magellan Midstream Partners LP plans to vote against…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: June 12, 2023

Barclays’ disco bonds from 1980s jump on looming repayment Bloomberg

Barclays’ disco bonds from 1980s jump on looming repayment

Some so-called disco bonds issued almost 40 years ago by Barclays Plc are nearing face…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: June 7, 2023

Focus turns to primary, munis outperform UST The Bond Buyer

Focus turns to primary, munis outperform UST

Municipals were little changed to weaker in spots Wednesday, while U.S. Treasuries sold off after…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: June 7, 2023

Special Situations Insight: At Home Group transaction may be the first intentional ‘double-dip’ financing; it won’t be the last Highlight

Special Situations Insight: At Home Group transaction may be the first intentional ‘double-dip’ financing; it won’t be the last

Check out one of the latest pieces published by Max Frumes, Global Head of LFI…

Siobhan HodsonArticle published date: June 2, 2023

WeQuit: WeWork bonds sink after top executives resign from cash-burning company MarketWatch

WeQuit: WeWork bonds sink after top executives resign from cash-burning company

“It was an outrageously complex transaction,” said Evan DuFaux, a special situations analyst at CreditSights.…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: June 2, 2023