Sentences with phrase «corporate debt investment»

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But low interest rates, at least in Canada, have pushed household debt to such vertiginous levels that officials like Carney know they shouldn't be counting on consumer spending to drive the recovery — ergo, the call for more corporate investment.

Corporate investment - banking fees were down 4 % from the year - ago quarter because of lower advisory and equity issuance fees but partly offset by higher debt - issuance fees, according to the firm.

Corporate debt in China exceeds 250 % of gross domestic product, and the government has put restrictions on international investment because the value of the yuan was falling so fast.

«Part of our decision rests on our belief that it would not be in your best interests to purchase a meaningful position in corporate debt in this vehicle, which traditionally has been a very important part of our investment mandate.

But much of this investment was enabled by growing debt, both government and corporate, rather than profits.

The trio of ETFs, when they launch, will round out Franklin's bond ETF lineup, which already includes a variety of actively managed fixed - income funds covering short - duration U.S. government debt, municipal bonds and the investment - grade corporate debt.

Some examples: in the presence of full expensing, a corporate rate reduction has no effect on the cost of capital for equity - financed investments and raises the cost of capital for debt - financed investments.

Our team of credit professionals deliver sales and trading capabilities across a wide range of fixed income asset classes including high yield, distressed and investment grade bonds, convertible bonds, public and private corporate securities, leveraged loans and emerging market debt.

Posted by Toby Sanger under Bank of Canada, capitalism, corporate income tax, corporate profits, debt, deficits, economic crisis, financial crisis, household debt, income distribution, investment, progressive economic strategies.

Highland Capital Brasil Gestora de Recursos («HCB») is an asset management company which pursues investment opportunities in Emerging Market credit strategies with a primary focus on Brazilian corporate debt.

In the presence of debt finance, textbook analysis would suggest that a cut in the corporate tax rate would raise the cost of capital because interest deductions would no longer be as valuable and thus discourage investment.

We suspect that much of the projected growth benefit from corporate tax reform comes from enacting expensing of equipment, which reduces the entity - level effective tax rate to zero on equity - financed investment and makes it negative if financed in part with debt.

The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a market value — weighted index of investment - grade fixed - rate debt issues, including government, corporate, asset - backed, and mortgage - backed securities, with maturities of one year or more.

The iShares Intermediate Credit Bond ETF tracks a market - weighted index of USD - denominated investment grade corporate, sovereign, supranational, local authority and non-US agency debt with maturities between 1 - 10 years.

Represents the corporate and government - related sectors of Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index (which provides a broad - based measure of the global investment - grade, fixed - rate debt markets) and is considered representative of global investment - grade debt.

Our Global Market Strategies segment, established in 1999 with our first high yield fund, advises a group of 46 active funds that pursue investment opportunities across various types of credit, equities and alternative instruments, including bank loans, high yield debt, structured credit products, distressed debt, corporate mezzanine, energy mezzanine opportunities and long / short high - grade and high - yield credit instruments, emerging markets equities, and (with regards to certain macroeconomic strategies) currencies, commodities and interest rate products and their derivatives.

Distressed corporate debt and securities has been a core investment strategy since we were founded in 1992.

Such strategies involve investing predominantly in corporate credit, including senior secured and mezzanine loans and high yield, distressed and high grade debt securities, private equity controlled positions, real estate investment and investment in pools of non-performing loans in Europe and Asia.

Emerging markets corporate debt is a maturing asset class of which around 60 % is rated investment grade.

It is wishful thinking to imagine that the most extreme economic, debt and investment bubble in history was corrected by a mild economic downturn, a market decline that leaves stocks at 21 times peak earnings (higher than at the 1929 and 1987 peaks), and just a few large - scale defaults from a corporate debt position which continues to claim a record share of operating earnings to finance.

You'd think that corporate debt would grow in proportion to total sales, as this additional debt is used to fund investments in productive activities that create more sales and contribute to the economy, and that higher sales, and presumably higher earnings would create a proportionate increase in the value of the company, and thus in its stock price, and that they all go up together, not in lockstep but over time more or less at the same rate.

What this means in practice is that we have kept maturities of our investments very short, particularly for low - risk issuers such as governments and agencies, while we seek out opportunities to increase portfolio yield with what we think is well - priced corporate debt.

Although the largesse is restricted to blue - chip eurozone companies such as food producer Danone or telecoms giant Telefónica, ECB - injected liquidity has spilled into the rest of the market, paring average interest rates on investment - grade corporate debt by some 30 basis points to an even 1 %, Deloitte estimates.

HSBC Saudi Arabia the HSBC Group's Investment Banking arm in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia providing a full range of corporate finance services including investment banking, advisory, debt and project finance as well as IslamiInvestment Banking arm in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia providing a full range of corporate finance services including investment banking, advisory, debt and project finance as well as Islamiinvestment banking, advisory, debt and project finance as well as Islamic finance.

The rotation from long to short term is much more pronounced when it comes to funds dedicated to investment grade corporate debt.

In recent months, the yield on US corporate bonds, especially investment - grade securities, is a little more than 100 basis points compared to the yield on government debt, dropping within striking distance of the lows seen post the 2008 financial crisis.

They bought enormous amounts of mortgages and other debt instruments, and they drove down interest rates to virtually zero to ensure that the large investment banks and financial institutions survived — forcing retail investors to participate in high - risk securities such as equities and corporate debt instead of stashing their money in banks.

Sales volume for new investment - grade corporate debt is at its lowest level since 2014.

With interest rates on low - risk investments falling to low levels in many countries, investors have sought to maintain yields by moving into higher - risk assets such as corporate debt and emerging market debt.

Positive corporate governance changes have the impact of improving access to investment, allowing the company's to access facilities of equity and debt.

It's also interesting to examine the changing significance and dynamics of the European bond market in general, which has almost doubled in size since 2005 to more than $ 10 trillion today, including government, investment - grade corporate debt and high yield.

We see investment - grade corporate debt as attractive in a world hungry for yield.

The Bloomberg Barclays Long - Term Government / Corporate Bond Index is an unmanaged index that includes fixed - rate debt issues rated investment grade or higher by Moody's Investors Services, Standard & Poor's Corporation, or Fitch Investor's Service, in order.

The credit segment invests in non-control corporate and structured debt instruments, including performing, stressed and distressed investments across the capital structure.

Given the introduction of several new ECB policies yesterday (expanded QE; purchases of nonfinancial, investment grade corporate debt; new refinancing programs; incentives to reduce the impact of negative interest rates on banks and spur lending) we think the outlook for European credit and equities is quite constructive.

BofA Merrill US High Yield Index: Tracks the performance of U.S. dollar denominated below investment grade corporate debt publicly issued in the U.S. domestic market.

While building Chesapeake, McClendon ran a secretive commodities hedge fund on the side, used minority stakes he took in Chesapeake's wells as collateral for loans and made madcap corporate investments that added to a massive debt load.

Scott Minerd, Global Chief Investment Officer at Guggenheim Partners, says the rise in corporate debt and the low unemployment rate point towards a recession.

The second fund in the credit opportunities series will target subordinated debt securities, corporate mezzanine, asset - backed investments and speciality finance.

The Company is a fund manager across six core investment themes, such as external debt, local currency, special situations, equity, corporate high yield and multi-strategy.»

Since joining Citi in 2000, Mr. Albano has covered nearly all disciplines of the commercial real estate industry including: equities, direct investments, fund / platform investments, loan origination, M&A, asset management, subordinate debt structuring and placement, corporate finance, and loan syndications.

Hartford Funds» new ETF joins two other already listed active fixed income ETFs sub-advised by Wellington (Hartford Corporate Bond ETF (NYSE: HCOR), an ETF focused on investment - grade corporate bonds, and Hartford Quality Bond ETF (NYSE: HQBD), a core bond ETF focused on investment grade debt, including mortgage - backed securities and US government secCorporate Bond ETF (NYSE: HCOR), an ETF focused on investment - grade corporate bonds, and Hartford Quality Bond ETF (NYSE: HQBD), a core bond ETF focused on investment grade debt, including mortgage - backed securities and US government seccorporate bonds, and Hartford Quality Bond ETF (NYSE: HQBD), a core bond ETF focused on investment grade debt, including mortgage - backed securities and US government securities).

Our Asset Based Lending Group provides debt capital solutions of $ 10 million or more to our commercial, corporate and investment banking clients through customized funding solutions across the credit spectrum.

In terms of what QE could include, as well as purchases of member states» sovereign and corporate debt, other options might include supranational institutions such as the European Investment Bank.

Corporate Practice: Business entity formation, venture capital fund formation, start - up representation, contracts, equity & debt financings, EB5 - investment based immigration, venture capital financings, tax exempt bond financings, nonprofit formation & tax exemption, mergers & acquisitions, technology transactions, licensing.

Global investment - grade corporate debt totaled $ 2.7 trillion last year, an increase of 15 % from 2011 and an all - time record.

In China, wealth management products are short - term investments, typically distributed through banks, backed by assets ranging from cash and government bonds to corporate debt and derivatives.

Previously, he was a vice president and portfolio manager at PIMCO, focusing on structured credit, corporate debt and real estate investments.

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Investment grade corporate bonds and emerging market debt have benefited from this trend for most of 2016.