Sentences with phrase «currency bond issues»

Indeed, Canadian plan sponsors have been able to invest in foreign currency bond issues of Canadian issuers for many years.

Not exact matches

«Bitcoin is not a stock, not a bond and not a recognized currency that any government issues or supports,» Kaplan said.

Issuers may be located in any geography, but holdings must be either denominated in one of the G10 currencies, or issued outside of the home market of the issue currency — effectively excluding local - currency emerging - market bonds.

Entities in smaller markets typically issue foreign currency debt in offshore bond markets because they can issue larger, lower - rated and / or longer - maturity bonds than they can (at least at comparable prices) in their domestic market.

The World Bank alone has issued over $ 8.5 billion in green bonds in 18 currencies since 2008.

That group issued a report in September, identifying ways international development banks and other organizations can support the development of local currency green bond markets around the world.

Smart Bonds: Bonds can be issued with a certain value and repayment schedule, which will be denominated in any form of currency or commodity — including bitcoin.

Assets likely to be held by private investors include: cash in bank deposits, securities (such as shares issued by private companies, and government or corporate bonds), property, insurance policies, foreign currencies, cars, art and antiques.

Additional responsibilities involve setting interest rates, regulating financial markets, issuing the Renminbi currency for circulation, regulating interbank lending and the interbank bond market, managing foreign exchange and recording foreign currency transactions.

The two most relevant regulations were: 1) the prohibition on interstate banking, which created overly small and undiversified banks that were highly prone to failure; and 2) the requirement that federally chartered banks back their currency with purchases of US government bonds, which made it prohibitively expensive to issue more currency when the demand rose, leading to the currency shortages and resulting panics that culminated in the Panic of 1907.

The iShares International Treasury Bond ETF tracks a market weighted index of local currency non-US government issued debt.

Sovereign Debt is the amount of money that a country's government has borrowed, typically issued as bonds denominated in a reserve currency.

Investments in stocks or bonds issued by non-U.S. companies are subject to risks including country / regional risk and currency risk.

Dangote Cement Plc said it got approval from Nigerian regulators to issue 300 billion naira ($ 833 million) in local - currency bonds...

Countries usually raise money by issuing bonds in their own currency; the specifics can vary greatly, but they're basically IOUs that others can buy and which pay out a greater value at some later date.

Investments in bonds issued by non-U.S. companies are subject to risks including country / regional risk, which is the chance that political upheaval, financial troubles, or natural disasters will adversely affect the value of securities issued by companies in foreign countries or regions; and currency risk, which is the chance that the value of a foreign investment, measured in U.S. dollars, will decrease because of unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates.

Government bonds are similar to corporate bonds with the exception that they are issued by a national government, and in the country's own currency.

At the same time, these 10 companies have issued 362 individual securities that are held in the Global Aggregate, and there are a dizzying array of factors that determine the relative value of each of these bonds, including currency, maturity, coupon, liquidity, and structure, just to list a few.

If you buy treasury bonds issued by sovereign states in their own currency then the default risk is extremely low.

Government bonds issued in foreign currency have drawn a growing amount of interest in recent years.

The S&P Japan Bond Index is designed to track the performance of local - currency - denominated bonds issued by Japanese entities.

If the Germans had decided to issue bonds to striking workers instead of money, bond prices would have been driven to ridiculously low levels, driving interest rates to extremely high levels, creating an unwillingness to hold currency (which does not bear interest), resulting in a rapid deterioration in the value of money, and hyperinflation just the same.

The proceeds from the issuance of these bonds can be used by companies to break into foreign markets, or can be converted into the issuing company's local currency to be used on existing operations through the use of foreign exchange swap hedges.

Emerging market sovereign bonds that are issued in local currencies are supported by high real yields and improving credit quality.

Since July 2013, Canadian lenders have successfully issued more than $ 14 billion in covered bonds in three different currencies.

Some companies, banks, governments, and other sovereign entities may decide to issue bonds in foreign currencies as it may appear to be more stable and predictable than their domestic currency.

An Uridashi bond is normally issued in high - yielding currencies such as New Zealand Dollars or Australian Dollars in order to give the investor a higher return than the historically low domestic interest rate in Japan.

Right now, bonds issued by emerging market governments in their local currencies appear to offer far and away the most compelling investment opportunity.

Investments in bonds issued by non-U.S. companies are subject to risks including country / regional risk and currency risk.

Through its investment in Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund, the Portfolio also indirectly invests in government, government agency, corporate, and securitized non-U.S. investment - grade fixed income investments, all issued in currencies other than the U.S. dollar and with maturities of more than 1 year.

If you want to pick your own non-core high - yield North American corporate bond fund, TD offers the TD High Yield Bond Fund, which focuses mainly on BB and B rated issues at the higher quality end of below - investment grade and mostly hedges its U.S. currency exposure back to the Canadian dolbond fund, TD offers the TD High Yield Bond Fund, which focuses mainly on BB and B rated issues at the higher quality end of below - investment grade and mostly hedges its U.S. currency exposure back to the Canadian dolBond Fund, which focuses mainly on BB and B rated issues at the higher quality end of below - investment grade and mostly hedges its U.S. currency exposure back to the Canadian dollar.

To tackle the issue of currency inflation, most of the government bonds are inflation - indexed bonds.

However, one disadvantage of issuing government bonds is that as the government bond payments are made in the local currency of the country, there is a risk of inflation of the currency and in case of inflation, the value of the currency paid to you for the government bonds that you own may decrease.

The S&P China Composite Select Bond Index, an investable index that tracks the performance of Chinese sovereign bonds, agency bonds and bonds issued by Central State - Owned Enterprises (CSOEs) rose 7.00 %; the USD index that accounted for currency fluctuation gained 3.04 % in the same period.

Bonds that are issued and sold outside a domestic market and typically denominated in a currency other than that of the domestic market.

If a Canadian company issues debt securities in another country, denominated in that foreign country's currency, the bond is known as a foreign bond.

Bonds issued in the currency and country of the issuer.

A Canadian debt security issued in Canada but pays interest and principle in a foreign currency is known as a foreign pay bond.

The fund, with a duration of 6.6, limits currency risk by investing mainly in foreign bonds issued in dollars.

Foreign bonds issued in foreign currencies face those risks, plus a third: swings in the value of the dollar compared with other currencies.

Equity and currency market volatility is helping to drive cash inflows for municipal bond funds and when combined with manageable new issue supply has helped foster a stronger muni bond market.

Then, in Exhibit 2, we can see the performance differences between the S&P 500 Bond Index (MXN), S&P / BMV Sovereign International UMS Bond Index, and the S&P / BMV Corporate Eurobonos Bond Index, both of which include the returns of the currency, since they track the eurobond market (bonds issued outside of Mexico in U.S. dollars), expressed in Mexican pesos.

Some Canadian dealers have developed excellent Eurobond operations, which issue foreign currency bonds to European investors.

When you issue bonds in your own currency, as the Japanese can do, you have the luxury of owning your own printing press.

Where would you expect JGB's bond use to be for a fiat currency that can issues its own paper currency.

Virtually all of the bonds are denominated in dollars, so currency fluctuation is not an issue.

You may take a hit if the currency the bond is issued in loses value against the Canadian dollar.

There is a proposal for Obama bonds — bonds issued by the Treasury in a currency other than dollars, such as the Japanese Yen.

The iShares J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF provides exposure to bond issues across several emerging markets — a riskier proposition on its face than investing in developed countries with better credit ratings, which helps explain the high yiBond ETF provides exposure to bond issues across several emerging markets — a riskier proposition on its face than investing in developed countries with better credit ratings, which helps explain the high yibond issues across several emerging markets — a riskier proposition on its face than investing in developed countries with better credit ratings, which helps explain the high yield.

With USD 68,500 million of outstanding debt in the four currencies, Exhibit 1 shows the structure for these bonds, and we can see that 65 % of the total amount is issued in USD.