FierceFinanceFierceFinanceITFierceSarbox   FierceCIO
Syndicate content

bond market news from FierceFinance

Most Popular bond market story
Related Tags investment dealers   Bank of America   Banking Industry   Capital Markets
Tools

News

Goldman Sachs: Should it go private?

September 20, 2008 — 9:21pm ET | By Jim Kim
This is not the first time Goldman Sachs has faced a crisis. Recall that in 1994, a bond market meltdown forced the partners to dig deep into their own bank accounts to finance a bailout.... Read more...

Covered bond market to become a reality

July 29, 2008 — 8:13am ET | By Jim Kim
The Treasury, after talking to 50 or 60 institutions, is pushing for the creation of a "covered bond market" as a way to provide liquidity to banks while assuring investors their money is safe.... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Auction rate loans

February 19, 2008 — 7:59am ET
The heat is rising. Some investors are apparently mulling a lawsuit because of illiquidity in the auction rate bond market. Yet another credit problem for the industry to work through. Read more...

ALSO NOTED: UBS warns of difficult year ahead; Ackman vs. credit raters on MBIA; and much more...

January 14, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Company News:> UBS warns of difficult year ahead. Article> Ackman vs. credit raters on MBIA. Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Samurai Bonds

October 4, 2007 — 6:59am ET
Samurai BondsBig name financial companies ailing hedge funds have been flocking to the Samurai bond market. Issuance has soared, even as the credit markets seized up in the U.S. and Europe. Liquidity... Read more...

Job forecast depends on who you are, where you work

September 20, 2007 — 6:59am ET
For the most part, the headlines have been horrible when it comes to jobs and the banking business. Last month, the industry axed more than 26,000 employees (Challenger, Gray & Christmas),... Read more...

Are the credit fears overdone?

July 27, 2007 — 6:59am ET
You can't blame bond market investors for being skittish about the current market. Especially in... Read more...

The high water mark for deals

July 1, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Is the merger boom cresting? Well, according to Dealogic, the value of U.S. deals hit $1 trillion already this year, the earliest date that it has hit that milestone ever. Last year, it took a few... Read more...

Debt woes hitting private equity funds

June 28, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

We have suggested previously that rates were a bigger threat to the private equity boom than Read more...

NYSE launches bond platform

April 23, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

A new electronic bond market is the NYSE-Euronext's latest attempt to diversify a bit out of equities and a reminder that not all the focus is on Read more...

123next ›last »