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Russell 2000 Up 99% Since March, and Two More Numbers to Know BarronsMarketWatch

Russell 2000 Up 99% Since March, and Two More Numbers to Know

$545 Billion in Investment-Grade U.S. Corporate Debt Set to Mature in 2021 That is according…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: December 21, 2020

Europe’s utilities see heavy churn as a dozen CEOs depart in less than 2 years S&P Global

Europe’s utilities see heavy churn as a dozen CEOs depart in less than 2 years

While that transformation is still far from complete, the course has largely been set, said…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: December 23, 2020

Breakingviews – Default wave will hit the little guy hardest Reuters

Breakingviews – Default wave will hit the little guy hardest

Some defaults came, including U.S. retailers Neiman Marcus and J.C. Penney. Creditsights analysts put the U.S. 12-month…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: December 28, 2020

Those we lost in 2020 Bond Buyer

Those we lost in 2020

Howard Sitzer, a senior analyst of municipals at CreditSights and a fixture in the muni bond world,…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: December 29, 2020

Chinese Companies in Pentagon Spotlight Hire Global Banks to Sell Dollar Bonds Wall Street Journal

Chinese Companies in Pentagon Spotlight Hire Global Banks to Sell Dollar Bonds

“If American firms are arranging deals for strategically sensitive Chinese companies that are being targeted…

Ali Shah RajaniArticle published date: September 15, 2020

News on newly issued securities in Americas, 7 December 2020 Primary Markets TV

News on newly issued securities in Americas, 7 December 2020

The update on newly issued equities and bonds this week in the Americas this week,…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: December 7, 2020

WeBuild looks to get refi across the line with chunky yield IFR

WeBuild looks to get refi across the line with chunky yield

"This looks to be a better structured (and priced) than the abortive attempt earlier this…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: December 3, 2020

Long-Awaited 5G Auction Expected to Stretch Carriers’ Balance Sheets Wall Street Journal

Long-Awaited 5G Auction Expected to Stretch Carriers’ Balance Sheets

“They all need to have a foot in the door,” said Davis Hebert, an analyst…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: December 8, 2020

Debt market runs dry for US shale revolution Nasdaq

Debt market runs dry for US shale revolution

"The larger problem from the investor standpoint is that returns have been challenging and the…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: December 11, 2020

Indian Banks to See Jump in Non-Performing Loans: CreditSights Bloomberg

Indian Banks to See Jump in Non-Performing Loans: CreditSights

Pramod Shenoi, head of Asia Pacific financials research at CreditSights, discusses the outlook for Indian…

Ali Shah RajaniArticle published date: November 27, 2020

A Luxury Developer’s Stumble Shows Rising Default Risks in China Bloomberg

A Luxury Developer’s Stumble Shows Rising Default Risks in China

Guangzhou G&F Properties Co. and Sunshine 100 China Holdings Ltd. are another two vulnerable firms…

Ali Shah RajaniArticle published date: July 16, 2020

The MTA Is Selling Green Bonds This Week. Investors Should Prepare for More Borrowing. BarronsMarketWatch

The MTA Is Selling Green Bonds This Week. Investors Should Prepare for More Borrowing.

On the bright side, the MTA has about $5.2 billion of liquidity on hand, with…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: October 28, 2020

Spending at Bars and Restaurants Drops 0.1%, and Two More Numbers to Know MarketWatch

Spending at Bars and Restaurants Drops 0.1%, and Two More Numbers to Know

The difference between the typical yield on a BBB-rated corporate bond and an A-rated bond…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: November 18, 2020

SG builds strong books for ‘compelling’ AT1 Global Capital

SG builds strong books for ‘compelling’ AT1

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: November 12, 2020

U.S. corporations make final borrowing push in a record breaking 2020 MarketWatch

U.S. corporations make final borrowing push in a record breaking 2020

Analysts at CreditSights pointed to Verizon “as a hallmark of stability in the telecoms world, owning to…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: November 10, 2020

Verizon sells US$12B of bonds in fifth biggest deal of 2020 BNN Bloomberg

Verizon sells US$12B of bonds in fifth biggest deal of 2020

“The C-band spectrum is a ‘must-have’ for Verizon, so investors should consider the possibility that…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: November 10, 2020

CreditSights Team Adds New Senior Telecom Analyst, Expands High Yield, TMT Expertise Press Release

CreditSights Team Adds New Senior Telecom Analyst, Expands High Yield, TMT Expertise

NEW YORK, N.Y. (10 November, 2020) – CreditSights, Inc., the independent voice of credit markets,…

Megan CreightonArticle published date: November 10, 2020

SoftBank share sales provide derivatives bonanza for banks IFR

SoftBank share sales provide derivatives bonanza for banks

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: October 23, 2020

Former hunter Husky Energy now prey in Cenovus deal to bolster refining capacity S&P Global

Former hunter Husky Energy now prey in Cenovus deal to bolster refining capacity

"In a market where upstream and downstream fundamentals remain under siege and COVID is again…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: October 26, 2020

Disposable Incomes See 1% Boost Amid Mortgage and Student Loan Forbearance, and Two More Numbers to Know Barrons

Disposable Incomes See 1% Boost Amid Mortgage and Student Loan Forbearance, and Two More Numbers to Know

$640 Billion in New Investment Grade Corporate Bonds Have Been Issued So Far This Year…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: October 27, 2020