Hitting rock bottom

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In recent months, spreads on corporate bonds have become so tight that there has been speculation in the media of a bubble in the credit market. Indeed, The Economist recently produced an article warning that “in recent months…investors have been bidding up bond prices to levels that are in danger of becoming as dotty as share prices once reached.”

But unlike equities, bonds have a maximum value – presumably investors will not pay to lend money. Admittedly Berkshire Hathaway, an

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Stemming the tide of rising FX settlement risk

As the trading of emerging markets currencies gathers pace and broader uncertainty sweeps across financial markets, CLS is exploring alternative services designed to mitigate settlement risk for the FX market

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