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Insights & Analysis: Investors’ Gilt-y pleasure

Markets have turned positive on UK government bonds, which rallied across the curve following the release of unemployment data indicating a higher rate and softer earnings, all of which soft, signalling all of which...

Origination: Issuer profile – EchoStar Corp

EchoStar Corp saw the largest proportional increase in notional debt outstanding in the technology sector in 2024, with a 509% increase, taking it to US$7.64 billion of debt year-on-year (YoY), up from US$1.5 billion...

Private credit set for another bumper year – but risks rumble

Global private credit markets will grow in 2025, Moody’s Ratings has predicted. A number of factors are behind this growth, the firm’s report said, including lower interest rates, reduced default risk and economic strength in...

Rules & Ratings: SAZ Re gets stable ‘excellent’ ratings from AM Best

AM Best has assigned African reinsurance firm SanlamAllianz Re (SAZ) a financial strength rating of A- (excellent) and a long-term issuer credit rating of a- (excellent), both with a stable outlook. SAZ Re manages catastrophe...

The Book: CIF issues six-times oversubscribed Capital Markets Mechanism bond

The Capital Markets Mechanism (CCMM) of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) has issued its inaugural bond, raising US$500 million from a US$3 billion orderbook. Tariye Gbadegesin, CIF CEO, commented: “The inaugural CCMM bond issue has...