Debt firm Houlihan Lokey wins TMA gong
Houlihan Lokey has pulled off the three-peat, taking out the 'restructuring deal of the year' award for the third year running at this week's annual shindig for the distressed debt sector.
Has your real estate trust reduced its financing costs?
All the major REITs have been particularly active in reducing their cost of debt.
Apple returns to the debt market
Apple is selling bonds again to finance its current round of share buybacks and dividends.
UTC to pay $US23b for Rockwell Collins
The transaction, one of the biggest in aviation history, creates an aircraft-parts giant better positioned to withstand the squeeze from aircraft-makers Boeing and Airbus for pricing discounts.
Markets shrug off nuclear threat
A potential nuclear war is being treated as just another risk-off factor. In Japan, 10-year government bonds are trading with a negative yield. South Korea's Kospi index closed down 1 per cent on Monday.
Simon Sheikh seeds ethical debt fund
GetUp! founder Simon Sheikh's Future Super is investing $50 million seed finance in an ethical infrastructure fund.
Buffett still sees value in equities
Warren Buffett says the bull market rally made it harder to find bargains but stocks remain his choice over bonds.
China's home prices to rise 6.8pc this year
A resilient property market will be good news for China's policymakers.
S&P sees US retaining AA+ rating
​Standard & Poor's said the US would maintain its AA+ credit rating as long as the federal government avoids a default.
Hedge funds, investors seek esoteric credit risk
Traders say pension funds in Canada and New Zealand are among the institutional investors who have entered the market for bespoke credit def...
