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FinanceAnalysis-Italy’s Bonds Poised for Gains at Expense of Germany and France in 2025
InvestingAnalysis-Italy’s Bonds Poised for Gains at Expense of Germany and France in 2025
Finance2024 the ‘year of the Bond’ as Record Inflows Top $600 Billion
TradingAnalysis-2024 the ‘year of the Bond’ as Record Inflows Top $600 Billion
European Asset Manager Amundi Targets India Debt With Two Recent Fund Launches
Date: November 29, 2024
By Dharamraj Dhutia MUMBAI (Reuters) – Amundi Investments, Europe’s largest asset management firm, plans to increase its exposure to Indian debt through its recently launched funds focusing on the country’s fixed income market, officials at the asset management firm said. To add to the dollar-denominated exchange-traded fund (ETF) launched in September, the fund house launched...
Eurex Eyes 2025 Launch for EU Bond Futures
Date: November 26, 2024
LONDON (Reuters) – Deutsche Boerse’s Eurex exchange is eyeing a launch for a futures contract linked to European Union bonds next year, it said on Tuesday. The statement comes just weeks after the exchange said it still needed to see the right conditions before launching the futures, seeing confidence that the EU’s bond programme —...
Asset Manager Vanguard Buys Gilts After Budget-Driven Sell-Off
Date: November 1, 2024
By Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) – The world’s second-biggest asset manager Vanguard said on Friday it had bought UK government bonds in the wake of the new Labour government’s budget, taking advantage of a sharp fall in prices. Vanguard said it was moving from ‘underweight’ gilts – compared to the benchmarks against which it gauges...
New UK Debt Chief Sees Ready Appetite for More Bond Issuance
Date: October 31, 2024
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s government bond market is well placed to absorb the higher debt issuance needed to fund the new Labour government’s budget plans, the head of the country’s debt agency told Reuters on Wednesday. The UK Debt Management Office revised up its gilt issuance plans for this financial year by 19.2...
Euro Area Long-Dated Yields Rise After Sharp Drop, Geopolitics in Focus
Date: October 2, 2024
By Stefano Rebaudo (Reuters) – Euro area government bond yields rose on Wednesday, a day after long-dated yields posted their biggest daily fall since mid-June on concerns about economic growth. Data showed on Tuesday manufacturing activity across the euro zone declined at its fastest pace this year in September. Investors await U.S. jobs data due...
Bonds Rally, Dollar Firms as Traders Ponder Rate Cuts
Date: October 1, 2024
By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) –Government bonds rallied on Tuesday as euro zone inflation data boosted the case for faster European Central Bank rate cuts, while the dollar firmed after comments by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reined in bets on a second big U.S. rate cut. Oil prices fell even as Middle Eastern tensions escalated...