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Jittery Markets See Bond Funds Enjoy Largest Weekly Inflows Since Nov 2021
Date: August 5, 2022
By Lucy Raitano LONDON (Reuters) – Bond funds recorded their largest weekly inflow since late 2021 while equity funds were sold off, suggesting investors are becoming increasingly risk adverse against a darkening outlook for the global economy. Investors put $11.7 billion into bonds in the week to Wednesday – the biggest such inflow into fixed...
Analysis-World’s Biggest Bond Markets Back in Vogue as Recession Fears Mount
Date: July 29, 2022
By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – One day you’re out and the next day you’re in: the world’s battered sovereign bond markets are back in favour as global recession fears mount. Government borrowing costs from Germany to France and Australia are down sharply this month, with 10-year bond yields down around 50 basis points each...
BNP Paribas Profit Beats Estimate as Bad Loan Provisions Dip
Date: July 29, 2022
By Julien Ponthus PARIS (Reuters) – French bank BNP Paribas reported better-than-expected profit in the second quarter, after bad loan provisions dipped despite the economic slowdown and as businesses remained buoyant, particularly in its investment banking division. France’s biggest-listed lender said on Friday its net income rose 9.1% to 3.18 billion euros ($3.25 billion) year-on-year...
Bank of England ‘unhappy’ About Rise in Failed Gilt Repos
Date: July 8, 2022
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Bank of England regulators are concerned about an increase in the number of failed transactions in the British government bond repo market, which they said “reflected very poorly” on the City of London’s reputation. Gilt repos allow investors to temporarily exchange holdings of British government bonds for cash and...
German Yields Eye Biggest Jump Since Mar 2020
Date: July 7, 2022
By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) -Benchmark German bond yields were set for their biggest daily rise since March 2020 on Thursday as the U.S. Federal Reserve’s meeting minutes and Chinese stimulus reports added to the tussle between inflation and recession fears gripping markets. Minutes of the bank’s June meeting showed officials rallied around the outsized 75...
German Yields Set for Biggest Jump Since Mar 2020 After Fed Minutes, China Stimulus Headline
Date: July 7, 2022
By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) -Benchmark German bond yields were set for their biggest daily rise since March 2020 on Tuesday as the U.S. Federal Reserve’s meeting minutes and a Chinese stimulus headline added to the tussle between inflation and recession fears gripping markets. Minutes of the bank’s June meeting showed officials rallied around the outsized...