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Bund-Treasury Spread Continues to Widen

24 Jun, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Uncategorized

The difference in yield on 10-year U.S. treasuries (grey line) compared to German bunds (blue line) has surpassed recent extremes of 2005/2006 and now exceeds more than 130 bps– a level not seen since 1999, the year the euro was born....

High-Yield Debt Fuels European M&A

09 May, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Uncategorized

According to the FT, ”Groups in Europe have already put €15bn in new high-yield debt to work funding mergers and acquisitions this year, compared with €9.6bn for all of last year, according to Barclays Research....