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Tariff-induced economic uncertainty prompts worries over potential defaults and downgrades
Upsized offering from energy group ends two-week high-yield bond drought triggered by Trump trade war
But fresh credit remains weirdly healthy
Slowdown in high-yield bond market issuance threatens a tentative rebound in dealmaking
Costs jump to 18-month highs as fears grow about health of region’s highly indebted groups
Corporate credit is ‘canary in the coal mine’ for faltering economy, analysts warn
Catastrophe bonds linked to randomly occurring natural disasters were previously considered too illiquid for ETFs
Dispute over control of Dutch retailer Hunkemöller is latest example of so-called creditor-on-creditor violence in Europe
Analysis shows three out of 62 companies have made any coupon repayments since 2021 under restructuring deals
Research found volatility is particularly marked at times of market stress
Flood of inflows comes as money managers fret over Donald Trump’s policies
Parsing the junk bond market entrails for clues
Private markets FTW
Premium investors’ demand to hold riskier debt jumps to highest level in six months
Price of debt has soared on hopes of a favourable deal
High-yields might not be a giveaway any more but are fairly priced
We love big bond trades and we cannot lie
Proposed new standards could reshape sharia-compliant bonds and hit growth of $1tn market
Guy Hands’ Annington, Just Eat Takeaway and Tennet among borrowers under pressure from investors over asset sales
How to say you’re worried without making everyone mad
The weird financial dance between Taiwanese life insurers and US homebuyers
Struggling UK and French groups are on track to skew junk bond market outlook
And why it could blow up in everyone’s face
Will Donald Trump’s presidency be good or bad for fixed income investors and how should they position themselves? Plus: the future of traditional bonds and are investors too complacent about the risks facing junk bonds?
