Carry trades take off again as EM currencies rallyEmerging market carry trades gain momentum. Currency volatility decreases amid signs of easing US tariffs. An index of carry returns reache...
02 Jun, 2025, 05.29 AM IST
Global market rout has more to do with end of cheap funding than US economyThe recent turbulence in global equity markets is mainly due to the unwinding of carry trades and not a dramatic shift in the U.S. economic...
06 Aug, 2024, 06.52 AM IST
Global market rout has more to do with end of cheap funding than US economyWhile Friday's weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs data was the catalyst for the market sell-off, with Japan's blue-chip Nikkei index on Monday ...
05 Aug, 2024, 09.52 PM IST
Big investors are giving up on crypto markets going mainstreamThe implosions and scandals of the past few months have laid waste to the key arguments of crypto boosters, and all but obliterated the not...
13 Nov, 2022, 05.39 PM IST
UK bonds post historic gain as Sunak victory ends policy chaosTruss resigned last Thursday following a market meltdown that pushed yields to their highest in years, forced the central bank to step in t...
25 Oct, 2022, 06.16 AM IST
Gas and nuclear are 'green'? Not so fast, say some investors"The main concern is almost one of principle. Once you start to interfere politically in the taxonomy, then actually you open the floodgate...
26 Jan, 2022, 01.10 PM IST
The next 'safe' asset? EU joint bond markets spring to lifeThe EU market, with just 54 billion euros outstanding at the start of this year, is expected to grow exponentially in coming years to fund ...
09 Dec, 2020, 05.08 PM IST
State investors help plug Saudi Arabia's yawning deficit"In normal times the funding of the government from its own related entities may cause concern over transparency of the ultimate debt figur...
12 Nov, 2020, 04.12 PM IST
Gold wins over new buyers from pension funds to private wealthManagers who run long-term portfolios worth trillions of dollars are taking interest in gold as they search for returns in a yield-starved ...
29 Jul, 2020, 03.04 PM IST
From zero to hero: Pakistan bonds evoke Egypt’s success taleGlobal investors are piling into Pakistan’s local-currency bonds like never before.
11 Oct, 2019, 09.39 AM IST
Indiabulls Housing raises $350 million via dollar bondsThe company priced the bonds at 6.37% tighter than the initial guidance of 6.5% and collected about $1 billion from investors.
21 May, 2019, 09.15 PM IST
Bonds seen as last man standing as EM rally loses steam - surveyMost respondents in a Bloomberg survey expected EM debt to continue this year’s rebound.
07 Apr, 2019, 01.19 PM IST
Asia’s pain in dollar bond market weighs on large issuancesIn 2017, 91 issuers came to the market, led by Postal Savings Bank of China.
08 Nov, 2018, 12.55 PM IST
Emerging market sell-off set to get worse, says surveyThe selloffs in developing-nation currencies and stocks are likely to continue in H2CY2018.
13 Jul, 2018, 03.57 PM IST
George Soros helping to turn back tide of hedge-fund outflows in EuropePoor returns, the mounting cost of regulatory compliance and investors' reluctance to allocate capital has led to more hedge funds closing ...
27 Sep, 2016, 10.15 AM IST
Are HDFC masala bonds drawing investors?Typically, secondary market trades pick up once the borrowing company issues more bonds, adding more investors and number of bonds.
02 Aug, 2016, 07.53 PM IST
Who invested in HDFC masala bonds?The home loan major successfully sold rupee-denominated masala bonds to offshore investors at five basis points cheaper than its similar do...
26 Jul, 2016, 10.05 PM IST