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May 28 - The fact that covered bonds can sometimes achieve higher ratings than the relevant sovereign should not obscure the impact of sovereign risk on mortgage covered bond ratings as well as those of public sector covered bonds, Fitch Ratings ...
May 28, 2012 at 12:47 | Source: Reuters
The cost of insuring against default on European sovereign and corporate debt fell, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe Index of credit- default swaps on 15 governments fell five basis points to 309 at ...
May 28, 2012 at 07:03 | Source: Bloomberg
Sovereign Housing Association has raised £250 million on the bond market. The 34,000-home association, which operates in south and south-west England, raised the money through a public own name issue. The all in cost was 4.77 per cent and the spread over ...
May 25, 2012 at 11:17 | Source: InsideHousing
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya plans to start negotiations on a sovereign bond after agreeing to borrow $600 million in a debut two-year syndicate loan from foreign creditors at an interest rate of 4.75 percent above Libor, the finance minister said on Tuesday.
May 15, 2012 at 12:55 | Source: YAHOO!
The extraordinary conditions in sovereign debt markets have driven increased dislocations between bond and credit default swap positions, once more calling into question the value of using sovereign CDS to hedge cash portfolios. The divergence has become ...
May 28, 2012 at 12:40 | Source: International Financing Review
The issue rating on the SHC bond is credit-linked to the issuer credit rating on the parent. Any change in the rating on SHA is therefore likely to affect the rating on the bond. The proceeds of the bond issue will be onlent to SHA and used to ...
May 17, 2012 at 08:49 | Source: Reuters UK
Another option to attract foreign capital quickly would be something that India has toyed with for a long time – a sovereign bond issue. These would be bonds issued by the Indian government in dollars or another foreign currency, available to ...
May 28, 2012 at 09:33 | Source: Wall Street Journal
A series of recent administrative measures to prop up the rupee have also had only a modest impact. "The floating of a sovereign bond should be considered as one of the last weapons to be used if the situation really goes out of control ...
May 22, 2012 at 16:57 | Source: Reuters India
Mr Hollande also said after the weekend's Group of Eight summit he had backing from other leaders to raise the eurozone bond issue. Another controversial measure back on the public agenda is unlimited purchases of Spanish and Italian sovereign ...
May 21, 2012 at 04:05 | Source: CNN
as well as an analysis of sovereign risk in bond portfolios, and discussing both the assessment and the monitoring of sovereign risk in a global equity portfolio. Drawing on the expertise developed at the EDHEC-Risk Institute, the first part of ...
May 14, 2012 at 14:22 | Source: Hedge Week.com