Katy Burne

Aug 2, 2024 | de.advfn.com | Katy Burne

Individual investors' love affair with junk bonds appears to beon the rocks. High-yield bond funds saw their fourth-largestredemptions on record in the latest week, professional investorshave increasingly bearish positions on some of the funds and plansfor new bond sales have been pulled.

Aug 2, 2024 | de.advfn.com | Katy Burne

By Katy Burne Investors yanked $2.75 billion from funds dedicated to low-ratedcorporate debt, in the latest sign of nerves about economicheadwinds and turbulence in global bond markets. The outflow was the largest weekly drawdown since $3.1 billionflowed out of the funds in the week ended Dec. 17, said fundtracker Lipper. Exchange-traded funds bore a significant brunt of the outflows.

Nov 15, 2023 | aerialviewbites.certainty-bnymellon.com | Katy Burne

While there are risk-reducing benefits to expanding central clearing for U.S. Treasurys, experts say that implementing a broader mandate will not be easy and could cause new problems at a time when the market is in a fragile state. As regulators look to address more frequent turbulence in the $27 trillion U.S. Treasury market with a trade-processing mandate, participants are expecting that the new rule itself could create some waves.

Nov 14, 2023 | bnymellon.com | Katy Burne

While there are risk-reducing benefits to expanding Central Clearing for U.S. Treasurys, experts say that implementing a broader mandate will not be easy and could cause new problems at a time when the market is in a fragile state. A new central clearing rule looks set to shake the foundations of the $27 trillion Treasury market at one of the most challenging times for the U.S. government and investors.