bonds
RSS bondsBonds platform takes algorithmic step
News European electronic bonds trading platform EuroMTS has struck a deal with Fixnetix which will see the telecoms company deliver fixed-income data direct to its customers. The trading platform deals in Eurobenchmark bonds from governments, including... [16 Jul 2007]
Default Risk Cannot Explain the Muni Puzzle: Evidence from Municipal Bonds that are Secured by U.S. Treasury Obligations
White Paper The muni puzzle refers to the unexplained relation between the yields of tax-exempt and taxable bonds. More specifically, long-term tax-exempt bond yields appear to be too high relative to yields on tax-able bonds, while short-term tax-exempt... [24 Feb 2004]
Ernie: The fastest premium bonds machine in the north-west relaunched
News Ernie - the venerable computer in charge of randomly picking premium bonds winners - has been overhauled. National Savings and Investments (NS&I), which runs the premium bonds scheme on behalf of the government, introduced the fourth generation... [17 Aug 2004]
Italian treasury offers foreign investors online bonds
News The Italian treasury department is to open a Web site to enable foreign investors to invest in Italian government bonds online. Italian finance minister Vincenzo Visio said it was the first time in Europe that government bonds could be purchased... [15 May 2000]
In brief: US sells Treasury bonds over the Net
News The US government is to sell Treasury bonds over the Internet from next Monday. Until now, the minimum order for government bonds has been $10,000; under the new system this will drop to $1,000. Investors will need to open an account with the... [06 Aug 1998]
Tax-Credit Bonds and the Federal Cost of Financing Public Expenditures
White Paper Tax-credit bonds - bonds on which the federal government pays "interest" in the form of credits against federal income tax liability - have been proposed as a mechanism for financing various expenditures at all levels of government. [29 Jun 2005]
Adhesives Deliver Low Shrink, Low Stress Bonds and Fast UV Cure
White Paper Curing in only seconds and without the need for secondary thermal cure, these new light curing adhesives produce laminates which are essentially strain-free, and edge bonds with shrinkage as low as 0.2%. [14 Aug 2003]
Amazon offers war bonds
News Amazon.com is offering visitors to its site the chance to send gift certificates to serving US troops. The $20 voucher can be used to buy books, videos or any other Amazon product. The e-tailer will also donate 10 per cent of the total raised to... [30 Nov 2001]
IBM and Veritas strengthen their bonds
News Storage software specialist Veritas has signed an agreement with IBM to sell storage management software. The deal will see IBM Global Services selling Veritas' products to its data infrastructure services for all platforms including AIX, HP-UX... [18 Jan 2002]
Measuring Equilibrium Real Interest Rates: What Can We Learn From Yields on Indexed Bonds?
White Paper What does the level of the real interest rates tell one about where the economy, or one's portfolio, is headed? The answer to this question depends on one's estimate of the "equilibrium" value of real interest rates, a measure that is unfortunately... [28 Jun 2005]
A Comparison of Tax-Credit Bonds, Other Special-Purpose Bonds, and Appropriations in Financing Federal Transportation Programs
White Paper One set of proposals involves issuing a special type of bonds whose proceeds would be earmarked for transit programs. CBO's analysis concludes that financing transit programs through the proposed bonds would generally be more expensive to the... [29 Jun 2005]
Esprit parent to placate defaulted bondholders
News Struggling pan-European reseller of voice capacity Esprit had issued $500m worth of high yield or junk bonds in four separate sets. Esprit bonds had been selling well below half face value in the weeks prior to the announcement. [18 Dec 2000]
Telewest bondholders tempted by Liberty
News Liberty Media has extended the deadline of its tender for Telewest bonds. Liberty, which is Telewest's biggest shareholder, wants to increase its control of the company by acquiring bonds from existing holders. [10 Jul 2002]
Liffe takes another step online
News Liffe (The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange) has begun to trade UK government bonds online. Next month, the exchange plans to begin online trading of index futures and German and Japanese bonds, with the full rollout due... [13 Apr 1999]
Photos: Britain's best-loved computer turns 50
Photo This year sees the 50th birthday of the UK's best-loved computer, premium bonds number picker Ernie, short for Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment. Fifty years ago, the original Ernie, above, was commissioned to pick out the random numbers... [02 Nov 2006]
