by bondevalue | Sep 11, 2018 | Financial News, HomePage
Written By Simon Littlewood. Featuring Mark Leahy. On September 15th, 2008 Lehman Brothers filed what was – and remains – the largest bankruptcy in history. The bankruptcy, known as the “Lehman shock”, triggered huge drops in global stock markets and,...
by bondevalue | Feb 13, 2018 | Credit Ratings, Financial News, HomePage, Sovereigns
Fitch Ratings upgraded Macau’s long-term foreign-currency ratings to ‘AA’ from ‘AA-‘, with a stable outlook. The upgrade reflects a number of key ratings drivers, including estimated GDP growth of 8.7% in 2017 following three consecutive...
by bondevalue | Feb 5, 2018 | China, Financial News, Global, HomePage, Investment Grade Bonds
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s 40-year bond, maturing in 2057, posted the biggest losses year-to-date among Asian dollar bonds, as the Chinese e-commerce giant’s shares fell the most in 18-months, reducing its market capitalisation by US$30 billion late last week....
by bondevalue | Feb 1, 2018 | Financial News, HomePage, Interest Rate Trends, Macroeconomic news, U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, U.S. Treasury Yield
Federal Reserve officials met yesterday for the last time under Chair Janet Yellen, voting unanimously to leave borrowing costs unchanged, as was expected by the markets. In the FOMC statement however, the word “further” was added twice to previous...
by bondevalue | Jan 31, 2018 | Distressed / Defaulted Bonds, Financial News, HomePage
Noble Group Ltd., who had fallen into financial difficulties because of the fall in commodities prices, reached a deal earlier this week to restructure $3.5 billion in debt. After a 3-year crisis marked by massive losses, write-downs and controversial accounting,...
by bondevalue | Jan 25, 2018 | Credit Ratings, Financial News, HomePage, Sovereigns
Spain’s borrowing costs fell to 6-week lows and short-dated bond yields in Greece tumbled, after ratings upgrades for the 2 southern euro zone states provided further evidence of a turnaround for the bloc’s peripheral economies. Spain’s credit rating was raised one...
