Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at a summit in Uzbekistan this week. Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images Russian commodity giants Rosneft, Polyus, and Rusal have recently issued bonds in Chinese yuan. Trade between the two countries has grown, with Russia imports to China up 59% on-year in August. Russia's finance […]
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James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 from ‘No Time to Die’ is set to sell for millions at an auction. Take a look.
The Aston Martin DB5 stunt car used in the James Bond film No Time To Die. Christie's Items featured in James Bond films are being auctioned by Christie's in London. Some of the most notable lots are the cars used in the 2021 film "No Time to Die". The Aston Martin DB5 could fetch $ […]
Why investors in emerging-market bonds are so attuned to political risk
They must divine not only ability to repay, but willingness
Why investors in emerging-market bonds are so attuned to political risk
PAULO GUEDES might not be your first-choice brother-in-law. He is a close adviser to Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s populist president-elect, who is wistful for military rule. But if you invest in emerging-market government bonds, Mr Guedes is the sort of person you might want as economy minister, the post he will take up on January 1st. […]
US sanctions & protectionism strengthen bonds between Russia and China
Energy ties between China and Russia will see deeper development as the neighboring countries are planning to jointly work on the Arctic shelf projects, according to Igor Sechin, CEO of Russia’s biggest oil company Rosneft. “New growth points in Russian-Chinese cooperation could be joint development of the oil and gas resources on the shelves of […]
Corporate bonds in an ageing business cycle
IN THE 1970s the junk-bond market was a dark underworld. It was the home of “fallen angels”, the bonds of investment-grade firms that had gone to seed. Most investors were too genteel to hold them. So they traded at hefty discounts to face value. Then Michael Milken, a junk-bond guru, came along with a new […]
Corporate bonds in an ageing business cycle
Scavenging in the junkyard
Why Italy’s government bonds are so unstable
If you fret about the euro’s survival, Italian bonds might be the last asset you sell
Kate Middleton and Prince Philip’s ‘unexpectedly rich bonds’ revealed by expert
Kate Middleton and Prince Philip are both members of the Royal Family. Though they are two generations apart, the two have a close bond, according to a body language expert. She claimed the pair are “perfect partner(s) in crime”. Judi James told Express.co.uk: “These delightful poses suggest unexpectedly rich bonds between Kate and Prince Philip […]
Why Italy’s government bonds are so unstable
A SHREWD observer of London’s after-work drinking culture once offered the following bit of mathematical heterodoxy to explain it: “There is no number between two and six.” If you go out with colleagues and stop at two drinks, you will be able to summon the will to go home at a reasonable hour. After a […]