France's Villeroy warns of debt risk
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France's new government must lose no time reining in its budget deficit, the central bank governor said.
France's new government must lose no time reining in its budget deficit, the central bank governor said.
Hedge funds that built up bullish long-end Treasury wagers to the highest outright level since 2008 are rushing for the exit.
The drop in global government bonds gathered pace overnight, as German yields climbed to their highest level in 18 months.
Bets on a Venezuelan default are climbing as international reserves near $US10b amid heightened anti-government protests.
Foreigners own less than 1 per cent of Chinese bonds, which are the third-largest pool of debt securities. But share trading will always be the main game.
Growth is stronger than expected and this will enable the ECB to slowly normalise policy, the Germany's finance minister says.
The bond connect program with Hong Kong will give offshore investors another way to access the mainland's $US10 trillion debt market.
As the second half of the year arrives, a market shakeout clearly beckons as a discernible change in mood among central bankers registers wi...
Investors are shrugging off the risks and jumping into emerging-market debt. Even Papua New Guinea is planning to get in on the action.
Non-bank lender La Trobe Financial has its second residential mortgage backed security transaction for 2017 in the works, according to sourc...
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