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Bonds: How to Play Interest Rate Peril

June 24th, 2011 Comments off

With uncertainty high, some investors are looking to managers with a more active approach to selecting fixed-income securities
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JPMorgan, RBS Sued by Federal Agency Over Mortgage Bonds

June 20th, 2011 Comments off

JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc units were sued by the federal agency that regulates credit unions, seeking to recover money lost on mortgage-backed securities.
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Banks Have Record $1.45 Trillion to Buy Bonds on Savings

June 20th, 2011 Comments off

Japan’s biggest bond investors see increasing parallels between the nation’s government debt market and Treasuries, indicating that historically low yields in the U.S. have room to fall.
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Bancomer Bonds Missing Rally Signals Buy to ING: Mexico Credit

June 16th, 2011 Comments off

Concern that Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer SA may turn over cash to its Spanish parent has sparked a sell-off in the lender’s bonds that’s making them attractive to ING Groep NV and Aberdeen Asset Management Plc.
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No Love Lost for U.S. Debt as Dealers Sell Fewer Bonds to Fed

May 31st, 2011 Comments off

The biggest bond dealers are finding fewer Treasuries to sell to the Federal Reserve as its $ 600 billion purchase program nears an end, a signal of rising demand even as the largest buyer steps away
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Tennis’s Edberg Serving Up Bonds

May 25th, 2011 Comments off

After six Grand Slam singles titles, Stefan Edberg is part owner and board member of Stockholm-based Case Asset Management
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UBS Case Marks Widening Criminal Probe Into Municipal Bonds

May 6th, 2011 Comments off

A UBS AG banker wanted to win an investment deal with a Rhode Island municipality that was to be awarded to the highest bidder. Instead of offering the best price, he secretly split half of UBS’s $ 1.4 million profit with another bank to get the rival to back off.
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Stocks Rally, Commodities Erase Loss on Jobs Growth; Bonds Fall

May 6th, 2011 Comments off

Stocks rallied, snapping a four-day losing streak for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, while commodities pared earlier losses as faster-than-forecast U.S. jobs growth eased concern the economy was slowing. Treasuries halted a six-day rally.
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