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Covered bond investors will be embarking on a new journey in 2022. But what do they have to bear in mind when packing their bags? Sabrina Miehs, a senior covered bond analyst in Helaba's research and advisory team, provides her views on what investors should look out for.

A well telegraphed change in monetary policy from the US Federal Reserve has spared emerging market bonds from the mayhem of 2013

The ECB is wrapping up its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme but don’t let that dishearten you

One senior investment banker I know is taking networking and relationship building to a whole new level

Chinese equities reach inflection point but are not out of the woods

In this table, GlobalCapital Asia offers a glimpse of the bond deals that are in the works in the region

Larry Fink’s achievements as head of BlackRock have brought him world fame and entry into the ranks of the great and good. They are nothing to what he could achieve as the economy gropes towards sustainability.

A weekend with your colleagues or your clients — what would you prefer?

Over the last eight years and $80bn in transactions, Freddie Mac’s Credit Risk Transfer (CRT) programme has gone from strength to strength. Now, having proved its mettle through the Covid-19 crisis, the issuer is looking ahead to product innovation and the prospect of major regulatory change.

Ralph Sinclair looks at how three core capital markets have fared since the pandemic began, using our proprietorial Primary Market Monitor data to assess overall volumes, oversubscription levels, pricing movements and new issue premiums. The data gives, we think, a unique view on the bond market conditions that borrowers, investors and bankers have had to deal with over the past 18 months. Here we look at syndicated sovereign bonds

In this table, GlobalCapital Asia offers a glimpse of the bond deals that are in the works in the region

All strands of sustainable finance are booming. Use of proceeds and target-linked structures are invading ever more areas of debt markets, and even becoming the norm. There is much more to conquer — but as Jon Hay reports, the real battle is to help investors know an ambitious transition from an inadequate one