Sentences with phrase «investment grade issuers»

Most of the strain originated from the non-investment grade sector, which produced a Fitch default rate of 7.5 % for the year vs. a 0.33 % default rate for the 2002 pool of investment grade issuers.

Up until now it has invested, quite successfully, in «secured instruments, including bank loans and bonds, issued primarily, but not exclusively, by below investment grade issuers.»

Names such as Bank of Nova Scotia, CSX, Toyota Motor Credit and Morgan Stanley for investment grade issuers and high yield issuer of American Energy Permian Basin, MHGE Parent, Rex Energy and Viking Cruises added to the supply of bonds for last week.

Below investment grade issuers, whose credit risks rating agencies view as a higher concern, and which comprise the S&P U.S. Issued High Yield Corporate Bond Index, are yielding 4.66 % (YTW).

Most of its 55 investment grade issuers are single - A or triple - B credits.

Not exact matches

Amazon has been an infrequent issuer in the investment - grade bond market, with only $ 7.8 billion of debt outstanding as of June 30.

Ratings agency Moody's reported Monday that the rolls of «potential fallen angels,» or issuers with investment - grade debt currently in danger of becoming junk, swelled by 17 in the third quarter, while no companies fell into the opposite category, called «potential rising stars.»

Yet the current situation actually creates a double positive for stocks: interest rates are likely to stay lower for longer, which helps support equity valuations while also providing investment - grade issuers with the ability to borrow cheaply and increase shareholder value.

My team in Fidelity Capital Markets evaluated the implications for issuers, and we didn't find many investment - grade issuers that would be affected by the House plan.

The rising stars tally rose to 21 so far in 2018 after nine issuers were upgraded to investment grade from speculative grade this month.

This under - appreciated asset class yields more than five percent from mostly investment - grade issuers.

Cons: The primary negative associated with investment grade floaters is that when issued they generally offer current yields that are significantly lower than a typical fixed rate bond of the same maturity offered by the same issuer.

Other big investment - grade issuers in early November included Aetna, BMO, Caterpillar and General Dynamics.

According to Bloomberg, as of June 15, 2016, more than 60 % of the issuers in the iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Index are rated investment grade.

The manager aims to produce high income returns by investing predominantly in investment grade or high - quality issuers, including the subordinated corporate bond issues of investment grade business.

The S&P International Corporate Bond Index is comprised of non-U.S. investment grade corporate issuers and is calculated in US dollars.

The index will rank U.S. Treasuries, U.S. investment grade corporate bonds, U.S. investment grade mortgage backed securities, U.S. high yield debt and U.S. dollar denominated debt of emerging market issuer according to their momentum / trend scores.

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These are bonds from issuers whose risk levels prevent them from qualifying for «investment grade ratings» by the primary bond credit rating agencies.

A diversified portfolio of nearly 200 dollar - denominated investment grade corporate bonds from both U.S. and foreign issuers.

Duration: Investment grade corporate bonds of the issuers of the S&P 500 Index are tracked in the S&P 500 / MarketAxess Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index.

The majority of the index is investment - grade bonds, with only 7.6 % of the issuers rated high yield.

High - yield bonds (sometimes referred to as junk bonds) typically offer above - market coupon rates and yields because their issuers have credit ratings that are below investment grade: BB or lower from Standard & Poor's; Ba or lower from Moody's.

The strategy can also invest in global governments, government agencies, supranational issuers, below investment grade and emerging market corporate debt.

Manage volatility Because issuers of bonds generally make interest payments and repay principal, investment - grade bonds can be less volatile than stocks.

The index is designed to track the performance of euro - and British pound sterling - denominated below investment grade corporate debt publicly issued in the eurobond, sterling domestic or euro domestic markets by issuers around the world.

These are bonds paying a high rate of interest because the issuers are of lesser credit quality than government and investment - grade corporate bonds.

As per the index methodology, issuers must first be investment - grade rated by at least one of the international rating agencies, and then securities must be rated «AAA» by at least one of the local Chinese rating agencies.

Each issuer is limited to 3 % of the market value of the investment grade corporate position of the index.

DEX Universe Bond Index: With over 1,000 bonds represented, this index has broad representation from investment - grade bonds issued by Canadian companies and by government - sector issuers.

The bond investment grade is assigned after assessing the potential of the bond and the bond issuer and depicts how likely and reputed the bond issuer is when it comes to the interest (coupon) payment and also the repayment of the principal face value amount once the bond maturity period is completed.

Those issuers rated below Baa3 or below BBB - are considered «below investment grade» and the repayment of principal and payment of interest are less certain.

This has particularly been the case for issuers rated below investment grade, like Rogers Communications, who have accessed the well developed U.S. high yield or junk bond market.

As such, securities rated below investment grade generally entail greater credit, market, issuer and liquidity risk than investment grade securities.

With a portfolio composed of investment - grade debt from corporate, sovereign and supranational issuers with three - year maximum maturities, the iShares 1 - 3 Year Credit Bond ETF (NYSEARCA: CSJ) aims to offer a higher distribution yield than comparable all - Treasury funds, but it does have a marginally higher credit risk.

Investments in high - yield bonds offer different rewards and risks than investing in investment - grade securities, including higher volatility, greater credit risk, and the more speculative nature of the issuer.

Like the investment - grade and high - yield markets, issuance activity ramped up after the long Memorial Day weekend with 10 issuers tapping the market for a combined USD 8.72 billion.

The S&P 500 ® Energy Corporate Bond Index, a sub-index of the S&P 500 Bond Index that includes both investment - grade and high - yield issuers of the equity index, has returned -0.11 % MTD and -0.72 % YTD.

A fallen angel is a bond that was given an investment - grade rating but has since been reduced to junk bond status due to the weakening financial condition of the issuer.

Those issuers with a greater risk of default — not paying interest or principal in a timely manner — are rated below investment grade.

High - yield bonds can sometimes be less liquid than investment - grade bonds, depending on the issuer and the market conditions at any given time.

He advises U.S. and non-U.S. issuers and underwriters on initial public offerings, private placements, high - yield, investment - grade and convertible notes offerings, debt restructurings and cross-border finance transactions.

She has represented both underwriters and issuers in a variety of financing transactions, such as initial public offerings, secondary equity offerings, high - yield, investment - grade and convertible bond offerings, and debt restructurings.

He has advised U.S. and non-U.S. issuers and underwriters on capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings and other equity offerings and public and private high - yield, investment - grade and convertible debt offerings, including in Latin America.

She advises U.S. and non-U.S. issuers and underwriters on initial public offerings and other equity offerings, public and private high - yield, investment - grade and convertible debt offerings, and private placements.

In the corporate finance arena, Patrick has significant experience representing borrowers, acquirers, issuers and lenders in a variety of syndicated, club and bilateral financing arrangements, including first and second lien structured facilities, investment grade financings, leveraged acquisition financings, mezzanine financings, and multicurrency and cross-border collateral facilities.

Our extensive experience includes advising on some of the largest and most complex securities offerings ever by Chinese issuers, including Hong Kong and U.S. IPOs, rights offerings, high - yield and investment - grade debt offerings, convertible and exchangeable debt securities, and complex liability management exercises.

Finkelstein focuses his practice on representing corporate trust institutions as indenture trustees and agents in connection with domestic and cross-border debt capital markets transactions, such as offerings of corporate and municipal, high - yield and investment grade, secured, unsecured and subordinated, convertible, public and private debt issued under trust indentures of domestic and international issuers.

At investment - grade level, 87.3 % of «AA» and 89.8 % of «A» issuers held their rating in 2002, down from an annual average of 92.3 % for both categories over the previous 12 - year period.