Investments

One asset manager recalled the prelude to the global financial crisis and the 2001 dot-com bust, when companies that loaded up on debt when costs were low got hit with a steep bill years later.

The U.K. manager's assets have declined from peak of nearly $20 billion before a spate of 2020 losses.

The bond market's reenergized bulls may want to dial down their excitement, because their fortunes hinge on whether an abstract, almost elusive number, is as low as they assume.

U.S. leveraged loans are delivering some of the best returns in the fixed-income market this year, indicating that investors think any impending downturn could be slow to come and not particularly severe.

A decade after its historic bankruptcy, the Motor City is tapping the municipal bond market for $100 million. The funds will mostly go toward programs to help revive struggling neighborhoods.

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Reserve have questioned prime brokers about the basis trade as well.

Junior tranches are at the heart of the debate around whether the capital that insurers currently hold against CLOs is sufficient, and the NAIC may soon impose stiffer risk-based capital requirements.

Schwab Asset Management is seeking to draw investors to its high-yield bond exchange-traded fund with one of the lowest fees in the industry, even as rising rates and default fears rattle the asset class.

Resetting allows CLOs to essentially cut the costs at which they borrow, leaving more money for holders of the riskiest and highest-returning part of the structure, the equity portion, after other note holders have been paid.

Nearly a quarter of respondents in North America this year said sustainability is a primary or secondary objective, compared to 37% who said the same last year, according to an HSBC survey of professionals in roles related to ESG decision making.