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...“It’s not like triple C is a diversified index,” said Jeremy Burton, US high-yield and leveraged loan manager at PineBridge Investments....
...“Work-from-home culture has not directly drawn down office rents in Hong Kong,” says Ada Fung, head of advisory and transaction services at CBRE Hong Kong, drawing a contrast with other global business cities...
...The S&P 500, investment grade spread, high yield spread, loan spread, the level of rates, home prices, crypto, M&A activity, IPO activity; everything improved after the Fed signaled that rates are going...
...They’re digital tokens backed either by a) dollar-denominated portfolios of safe assets; b) unaudited promises that they have safe assets; or c) magical confidence maths that only work until a death spiral...
...They have locked up existing-home supply (no one will give up their 3 per cent fixed rate) and squelched mortgage demand. Without lower mortgage rates, a thaw is unlikely....
...But from a risk-return point of view, is credit risk attractive right now? Rieder: I’d say it’s a B-. But it’s not a C. Why are you getting these sorts of yields in credit today?...
...Even higher-quality companies are getting shut out, with single-B and single-B minus rated loan issuance in the US down more than 70 per cent from 2021 levels....
...On an interest-only deal, that would fall to £917 a month, according to broker L&C Mortgages....
...There is still demand for lower-quality single-B loans, said Drew Sweeney, a loan portfolio manager at asset manager TCW, referring to the rating just above triple-C....
...If the worry is loan growth, demand for bank credit may be a bigger constraint than banks’ weak balance sheets; non-bank lenders with billions to put to work are panting for loans to buy....
...chats with guests in his family’s restaurant, Les Chalets de l’Arcs....
...For consumers, this might lead to more choice in digital services. After a big run-up in technology stocks in 2023, it also presents a serious risk for investors....
...Not all properties had been hit equally, he added: “Class A is holding up. Rents may be declining but they are not in trouble. Class B and C absolutely are.”...
...$3bn loan....
...financial liability in their accounts just as they would a bank loan or a bond issue....
...“It would have been a great lesson in moral hazard,” he said. “Losses to depositors would have been immaterial, and it would have driven home the point that risk management is essential....
...To a certain extent, bank shareholders are promised higher returns: bank stocks always trade at a meaty discount to the rest of the market on, for example, a p/e multiple basis (at present, the discount...
...David Hollingworth, director at broker L&C Mortgages, says the Help to Buy equity loan — available in England, Scotland and Wales in various forms — has helped many people get on the ladder or make their...
...L’Oréal....
...“There are no equivalent 100 per cent mortgages in the standard market,” says David Hollingworth of UK mortgage broker L&C....
...FT Money explores some of the options for those confronting a home loan crunch....
...Today, it employs more than 1,000 staff and serves a roster of multinational companies in the Philippines that includes Unilever, P&G, L’Oréal and Nestlé....
...David Hollingworth, associate director at broker L&C Mortgages, said the rise to 1 per cent could leave borrowers on a 25-year repayment mortgage at a standard variable rate of 4.24 per cent paying an extra...
...By 2021, though, the figure was less than C$9bn. It is not expected to rise above C$15bn a year in the next decade....
...Anyway, here are names and links — we’ll let you make your own mind up: Liquid 2 Venture Fund III L.P . . . . Lake Nona Fund / LN Sports & Health Tech Fund I, LP . . ....
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