Corporates take foot off throttle despite investor hunger

Michael Turner

March 16, 2017 05:00 pm

Mark_Rutte_Geert_Wilders_16March2017_PA_230x150 — Right-wing populist Geert Wilders (l) and conservative-liberal election winner Mark Rutte (r) participate in the first exploratory talks at the parliament in The Hague, Netherlands, 16 March 2017. The conservative-liberal party of the current Dutch Prime Minister Rutte received the most votes at the parliamentary elections on 15 March. Right-wing populist Wilders and his PVV party were less successful than expected. Photo: Daniel Reinhardt/dpa | Daniel Reinhardt/DPA/PA Images

Investors have displayed an insatiable appetite for corporate debt during the last few weeks, so it has taken some bankers by surprise that tumbleweed rather than deals was all that rolled through the market on Thursday.

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