Pre-migration untagged articles
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Five weeks after the International Swaps and Derivatives Association released the results of its year end survey, the Bank for International Settlements this week released its own version.
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CP dealers noted greater demand in the longer term maturities for dollar paper as investors moved along the curve to get more yield. Asian investors in particular were buying large clips of longer term dollars. However, overall volumes were down on last week in all the big currencies and issuer sectors including asset-backed conduits.
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Deutsche Bank announced the introduction of a new proprietary index — the db Absolute Return ßeta Index (dbARß) on Wednesday. This seeks to replicate hedge fund beta through a passive investment process born from quantitative research.
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Deutsche Bank launched a new proprietary index, dbMAST, linked to the $2tr US municipal market on May 17. The dbMAST Index, offers institutional investors access to the structural premium that arises from supply and demand mismatches in the US municipal curve and expected future US tax rates.
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Dexia Municipal Agency recovered its poise in the dollar market this week with the launch of a five year obligations foncières issue that was increased from $1bn to $1.25bn.
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--Tom Price, managing director and head of loans and LCDS at Markit, about the launch of the LCDX after many delays.
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Investors got a chuckle out of the “awesome” deal that is coming to market for Awesome Acquisition Co., owner of CiCi Pizza Buffet.
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A proposed price cut on DaVita provided an opportunity for investors to vent on the trend of repricing.
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This chart, provided by Citigroup Global Markets, tracks bid-ask prices for par credit facilities that trade in the secondary market. -
The following charts show the top five advancers and decliners in terms of % moves in the loan, bond and credit default swap markets for the previous week.
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A Eu1.545bn 20 year AyT Cédulas Cajas issue found itself swimming against the tide this week, as covered bond investors proved resistant to taking on long dated paper.
