The story is similar with its top bond fund, the Virtus Multi-Sector Short Term Bond Fund, run by Virtus-owned money manager Newfleet Asset Management.
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Augusta, cited as a top Heritage bond seller, claims in a court filing that he, too, was duped.
Without backing from a top-rated bond insurer, local governments and companies would have to pay more to finance projects.
Some analysts are looking for a confirmed top in the bond market before they will turn more bullish on stocks.
The turbulence caused the BOJ to change the way it is dealing with the market, starting with a rare meeting with top-level bond investors on Thursday.
He believes that worldwide structural changes (increased mobility of capital and labour, the greater credibility of central bankers as inflation-fighters, the preference of ageing baby-boomers for fixed-income securities) have altered the equation, and that top-quality bond yields are, if anything, headed down.
Imagine a lowly rated energy bond and top-notch bank paper in the same structure.
According to the recent Morningstar rankings, the top performing emerging market bond funds this year all have positions in Brazil, with Russia in second place.
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Because the life insurance company we used for this analysis has the highest financial strength ratings, our comparison was made with top rated tax-free bond yields.
Bond insurers use their top credit ratings to insure bonds issued by municipalities and others against default.
Loeb himself called his Greek bond trade one of his top winners recently.
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However, that was not enough to dislodge the latest James Bond film Skyfall from the top of the chart.
Almost all have benefited from the tight bond that exists between the top ranks of France's civil service and the country's senior executives.
Top holdings include a water and sewer revenue bond issued by Miami-Dade County, Florida, an Atlanta, Georgia Water and Waste Revenue Bond, and a New Jersey Health Care Authority Revenue bond.
Emeli Sande, who picked up three Mobos at the weekend, slipped back into second place in the singles chart with Beneath Your Beautiful, while Adele's James Bond theme tune Skyfall made the top five.
And let's ignore the fact that the U.S. government can literally print the money to service Washington's Treasury debt--after all, in the inflationary 1970s the real value of a U.S. Treasury bond plummeted and Washington's top-notch credit rating was unaffected.
Top of the pile is Aston Martin, James Bond's car-maker of choice, followed by Apple and motorbike designer Harley Davidson.
The film also became the first Bond film to be nominated for the top prize at the Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards.
The bond insurers have been fighting to keep their top-notch triple-A ratings.
Mr. Lee said yuan bond issuance outside of China in 2013 could top last year's 170 billion yuan, and even reach 200 billion yuan.
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It is also a regular location for television shows such as Top Gear and Fifth Gear and featured in the James Bond film, Casino Royale.
On top of the clause that allows a majority of a bond's holders to approve a restructuring, he wanted other clauses that lay out the procedures for initiating and managing a default.
John Barry, best known for a succession of Bond movie scores, has two titles in the top 10.
Top executives at PIMCO have been calling for a substantial correction in bond markets for the last couple of months, with Bill Gross and Mohamed El-Erian taking the lead.
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The continuity can be lose, allowing plenty of creative control, but within a simple set of boundaries similar to what the Bond franchise uses, allowing the series to still attract top notch filmmakers and acting talent.
Yields in Spain and Italy, which had soared Tuesday, pulled back as investors took some solace from European Central Bank Executive Board member Benoit Coeure, who suggested that the central bank could turn to its bond-purchase program again to ease stress in Spain, where some feared the bond-market selloff would accelerate should 10-year yields top 6%.
The bond-market investigation, led by China's central bank and top securities regulator, focuses on a kind of transaction that could magnify trading risks for Chinese banks and brokerage firms, the people said.
The bond quota issued by the National Development and Reform Commission, China's top economic-planning body, will be used to help the ministry finance the maintenance and construction of a rapidly expanding railway network.
For a top-bracket taxpayer, that was equivalent to as much as 12% on a corporate bond.
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