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Global bond issuance heading for a record year
US$777b of bonds issued in Q1 compared to US$2.49b for whole of last year
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Wed, Apr 8, 2015 · 09:50 PM
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BUSINESSES and financial companies continue to take advantage of investors' desperation for yield and are issuing record numbers of bonds.
In the first quarter of this year US$777 billion of investment grade, lower quality and junk bonds were issued compared with a whopping US$2.49 trillion in the whole of 2014. In 2013, US$1.97 trillion of bonds were issued to investors while in 2012 the figure was US$1.95 trillion.
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