Sentences with phrase «other sovereign debt»

4 Other fixed income may include corporate bonds, floating - rate loans and other sovereign debt, among others.

Not exact matches

Manley contends the explosion in sovereign debt caused by all the stimulus spending over the past two years is the biggest issue facing both the Canadian government and the world's other major economies.

Like the other Italian cities on this list, Florence has been crushed by the sovereign debt crisis and the political turmoil of the Berlusconi government.

What really triggered the equity sell - off was fear over the solvency of French and Italian banks holding large amounts of Greek, Irish and other poor quality sovereign debt.

On the other hand, there has been a trend increase in the share of emerging Asian economies» sovereign debt that is held by foreigners (right hand side).

I still think there will be a flight to safety in sovereign bonds when stocks have a bear market but other areas such as high yield and corporate debt could run into some problems.

During this time we often also see informal kinds of partial debt forgiveness, for example when sovereign borrowers have repurchased their obligations in the secondary market at steep discounts, often secretly, or exchanged their obligations for other assets at a discount, for example the famous debt / equity swaps in several Latin American countries in the 1980s (see footnote 3).

In sovereign debt and, to an even greater degree, corporate bond markets, liquidity hinges in large part on whether specialised dealers («market - makers») respond to temporary imbalances in supply and demand by stepping in as buyers (or sellers) against trades sought by other market participants.

In particular, the economic uncertainties relating to European sovereign and other debt obligations and the related European financial restructuring efforts may cause the value of the euro to fluctuate.

Compared to most other countries» sovereign debt, there is little risk of a U.S. debt default.

This collateral (i.e., permissible vehicles investments) may include: (i) match - funded assets, and, (ii) debt securities, equity securities and other financial instruments issued or guaranteed by the US government or its agencies, sovereign governments, supra - national entities, corporations, financial institutions and asset - backed or mortgage - backed issuers that are the subject of credit support agreements.

Elsewhere, we favor selected eurozone peripheral debt over other sovereigns, due to higher yields and European Central Bank (ECB) support.

What makes this all the more toxic is that European domestic banks and other financial institutions are encouraged to keep the charade going because global banking regulation makes the SOVEREIGN DEBT A ZERO RISK WEIGHTING.

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.

Question is, is it legally allowed to pay OTHER bills before the sovereign debt interest / principal.

We are a separate corporate entity established with an appropriate level of separation from the Nation government, but we offer partners an array of tax efficiencies and other benefits based on the Nation's sovereign status, including federal tax immunity, state income tax exemption, federal capital gains tax exemption, state sales tax exemption and preferential debt financing and government contracting preferences, among others.

@Phil S: I was thinking about the US, UK, Australia, Denmark, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Japan and other developed countries that have never defaulted on their sovereign debt.

For example, some people believe that there is inherent risk to investing in US Government Bonds because of their high sovereign debt load and other macroeconomic factors.

The fund invests, under normal circumstances, at least 80 % of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes (measured at the time of purchase)(«Net Assets») in sovereign and corporate debt securities of issuers in emerging market countries, denominated in the local currency of such emerging market countries, and other instruments, including credit linked notes and other investments, with similar economic exposures.

These investments are subject to the risk that a governmental entity may delay or refuse to pay interest or repay principal on its sovereign debt, due, for example, to cash flow problems, insufficient foreign currency reserves, political considerations, the relative size of the governmental entity's debt position in relation to the economy or the failure to put in place economic reforms required by the International Monetary Fund or other multilateral agencies.

«Emerging market debt still has value, some more than others,» says Bisat, who heads BlackRock's sovereign and emerging markets alpha team.

«A lot of those initial issues, from what started with Greece in the sovereign debt crisis and has spread to several other countries, have not been resolved,» says Peden.

Additional risks include exposure to less developed or less efficient trading markets; social, political or economic instability; fluctuations in foreign currencies or currency redenomination; potential for default on sovereign debt; nationalization or expropriation of assets; settlement, custodial or other operational risks; and less stringent auditing and legal standards.

Moody's, like other credit rating agencies, has downgraded Russia's sovereign debt rating to non-investment grade, but does this reflect Russia's economy?

An appropriate question to ask before all the media angst and gnashing of teeth is this: Were it any other sovereign State being evaluated, with a similar history of recent financial turmoil, current economic sluggishness and external debt, how should the ratings agencies rate such a State?

The same predictive relationship is apparent for the broad investment grade bond market (U.S. Aggregate Bond Index), shown in Figure 3, as well as for 10 - year sovereign debt of other developed countries.

Though current economic trends and other global events (e.g., the European sovereign debt crisis) may not change for the better over the short term, the performance of the markets may.

These firms, the Carlyle Group, Apollo Global Management and Oaktree Capital Management among them, have been raising billions of dollars during Europe's sovereign debt crisis to buy loan portfolios, corporate bonds and other holdings from troubled financial institutions on the Continent.

The United States carries tremendous debts, much of it owned by foreigners and foreign governments, other countries» sovereign wealth funds are looking to acquire chunks of the U.S. economy, the U.S. dollars is the world's reserve currency primarily because of inertia rather than our economic strength, and we ship money abroad every day to buy plasma tvs and gasoline.