New risks put rocket under Chinese bond futures
China bond futures turnover quadrupled between October and December.
Apple plans $13 billion bond sale
Apple has become the second cash-rich tech giant to sell debt this week despite prospects of a US repatriation-tax holiday.
The $2.6tn woman who’s turning around Pimco
Jackie Hunt, who oversees Pimco at Allianz, has exactly the response you'd expect from a trained accountant.
Most US stocks can't even beat a T-Bill
This research may deal yet another blow to the active fund management industry.
Good times to end for China's real estate bonds
Steps to cool China's property market are stoking speculation the good times are about to end for developer bonds offshore.
Mortgage-backed securities investors sitting cushy
Moody's says loan to value ratios for residential mortgage-backed securities have fallen because of rising house prices
What investors learnt in 2016
Hybrids, house prices and equities were good last year but 2017 will be all about the awkward confusion between crisis-level interest rates and healthy economic growth.
Donald Trump rally blind to rates re-set
The re-rating of long-term rates has been ignored by one-eyed equities markets giddy on unexpected shots of Trump tequila.
Bond sell-off matters but no Great Rotation yet
The rise in bond yield changes the terms of reference for world markets. But it is still too early to call a breaking of the long downward trend in yields.
$576 billion mortgage-bond market dims Trump glow
Yields on mortgage backed bonds are at record lows.
Volatility spikes in bonds and oil markets
Market watchers confounded by the lack of volatility after the US election have been looking in the wrong place.
Time running out on AAA: agencies
S&P; expects to see budget improvements as soon as the next two to nine months.
Weak wage gains blow out budget
The Coalition releases its spending plan on December 19. One forecaster estimates the deficit will balloon to $108 billion.
Shares are difficult, but bonds are dangerous
Struggled to make money on shares this year? At least you're members of a fairly large club.
BHP backs new forests bond
BHP will stump up $US12 million to back a world-first "forests bond" that has attracted investors including Australian insurance giant QBE and JPMorgan.
Halting the 'vicious cycle' of weak investment
The government and super funds are being challenged to ramp up investment in infrastructure projects to halt 'vicious cycle'.
Jim Rogers tips Trump win, warns on bonds
George Soros' old hedge fund partner Jim Rogers won't buy a bond anywhere around the world.
Social impact bonds demand outstrips supply
Social impact bonds are increasing in popularity as funding models.
Rate fears 'exaggerated': Fed's Evans
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank boss Charles Evans reluctantly accepts a December rate hike would be "reasonable" but suggests there is no danger of inflation running out of control.
Low rates are banks' real problem
The financial world is operating in a fashion Pierpont no longer understands. A royal commission won't help that.
Bond traders more sure of December rate hike this year than last
If history is any guide, the bond market is ready for the Federal Reserve to pull the trigger on interest rates in December.
Junk-bond buyers persist in yield hunt
Credit market jitters have done little to deter yield-hungry investors from buying new junk bonds to get their fix.
ASX sell-off heralds a volatile September
The realisation that the US Federal Reserve "means business" has set up a volatile September.
Skittish markets brace for end of policy era
Investors are bracing for the wildest ride since the Brexit vote across stock, bond and currency markets on Monday.
Bond market complacency shattered
Government debt from the US to Germany to Japan plunged this week, shattering a calm that pervaded bond markets for months.
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