Lately, with interest rates so low for so long, investors in debt markets have become hungry for deals like buyouts that can offer attractive yields.
Investors expect a new pact will include measures to curb excessive debt by making budget discipline legally binding, which could persuade the European Central Bank to take more action to halt the selloff in debt markets.
This shall contribute to a rise in Equity and Fixed Income Markets at the expense of decline in the proportion of Bank Credit in the total Debt Markets in the economies.
This is unlike the case witnessed in all its competitors like Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley who posted considerable growth in their debt trading business for the quarter which saw a marked improvement in the debt markets from growing optimism on recovery plans for the Eurozone and the prospect of a sustained US economic recovery.
While sovereigns remain the primary concern in the debt markets now, corporates looking to refinance in the new year are also beginning to worry investors.
And of course for the euro area, which is experiencing financial volatility, the path to growth is really by dealing decisively with the financial challenges in their sovereign debt markets and in their banking systems.
Raising additional cash in the debt markets would still be an expensive proposition for the oil giant.
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In 2007, when the stock market was last nearing a peak, investors ignored signs of trouble in riskier debt markets.
In turn, investors pour money into public equities in search of returns they can no longer access in the debt markets.
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Recent technical changes in Brazilian debt markets, including a requirement that domestic mutual funds mark their assets to market, have unnerved the country's investors.
In the meantime, some suspect that the hedging strategies used by Freddie and Fannie (and other large mortgage investors) may have actually worsened the storm in the debt markets.
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So after what traders described as the scariest week of trading in European debt markets since the creation of the eurozone - with some investors not wishing to touch Italian government debt - it is increasingly clear that a restoration of confidence in the integrity of Europe's currency union probably requires a more comprehensive and far-reaching plan than just sorting out Greece.
Trading in GM bonds has troubled the debt markets in recent days, as spreads widen to reflect growing concerns about whether GM can turn its profit picture around.
Today people can invest in mutual funds and ETFs that offer variable levels of exposure to equities, bonds and even sovereign debt in emerging markets.
However, for now the uncertainties in global currency and debt markets, and fears of inflation in some parts of the world, seem to be to be enough reasons to remain bullish on gold (GLD).
Watch for that once today's scramble for dollars to repay corporate debt in emerging markets subsides.
The increasing demand for high-yield investment options among investors has resulted in strong growth in global debt capital markets issuance.
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That has led to unusual movements in debt and equity markets, which have only got some funds deeper into trouble.
Investors continue to prefer government and quasi-sovereign corporate debt in these markets.
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Already the ECB has started buying Spanish and Italian debt in secondary markets, according to the FT, which has effectively sent Italian and Spanish yields drastically lower.
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At that time, even as the bank was digesting the Antonveneta purchase, the liquidity situation of MPS worsened due to tensions in sovereign-debt markets, the central-bank document says.
Investors are hoping that a recent decision by central banks of the United States, the euro zone and Britain to lend billions in multiweek loans will boost activity in the global debt markets.
For instance, if the company looks to raise capital in debt or equity markets in the future, the new structure would allow investors to derive different growth and cost of capital assumptions leading to a higher combined valuation.
Considering 1843 to 1871 once again in Europe, compared to France (bimetallic standard), Russia and Austria (both on and off silver during the period), the cost for England to raise debt in the markets was lower than the other three as evidenced by the lower yields on its bonds.
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The Templeton Emerging Markets Balanced Fund (TAEMX) invests in both emerging markets debt and equity.
In addition, lenders will have to ponder the legal difficulties of enforcing debt contracts in emerging markets.
The Dow Jones industrial average soared more than 300 points in afternoon trading following what many believe to be a bail-out for the financial sector, allowing breathing room for investment banks to clear large leveraged-loan deals from their books and easing the ability of corporations to borrow in the short-term debt markets, both of which had basically frozen up in the last few weeks.
Morgan's head of debt capital markets in Asia, excluding Japan, said he tells clients who are ready to issue debt.
Day, European equities higher and euro-zone sovereign-debt markets in a calm frame of mind.
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