The Short View 12:22am

What goes up must come down

6:01pm

Spain mulls inflation-linked debt sale

Treasury says it has more alternatives to tap market

4:19pm

Glencore Xstrata raises $5bn in bond sale

First debt raised since $76bn merger was completed

From WORLD 10:26am

BoJ’s Kuroda vows to steady bonds

Governor seeks to ease fears that volatility could threaten Abenomics

People queue outside a government employment office in Burgos, Spain ©AFP From COMPANIES 10:47pm

Spanish banks get tough on corporate debt

Lenders are now focusing beyond the construction sector

Global Market Overview 9:16pm

Wall Street shrugs off Nikkei slide

S&P 500 pares initial decline

Gillian Tett 4:12pm

Venture capital misses out on bull run

Decline raises questions about who will fund big speculative innovation bets

M23 rebel fighters walk as they withdraw near the town of Sake in Rwanda ©Reuters From EMERGING MARKETS May 23, 2013

Fears grow over EM sovereign bond bubble

Aggressive central bank easing puts rally on steroids

May 23, 2013

Vedanta sells landmark offshore bond

Mining group raises $1.7bn from mostly US and European investors

Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke Testifies On US Economic Outlook ©Bloomberg From WORLD May 22, 2013

Bernanke says bond buying could slow

FOMC members express willingness to taper purchases

From COMMENT May 22, 2013

Asian debt: Beware of bubbles

Southeast Asia’s booming bond market has sparked fears of a bubble

May 22, 2013

Lenders to CLOs told to take lower rates

Equity owners of leveraged investment vehicles assert themselves over investors

From WORLD May 22, 2013

BoJ holds off on fresh monetary easing

Central bank sees signs the economy is ‘picking up’

Markets Insight May 22, 2013

Fed QE exit must avoid collateral damage

Scarcity has disrupted the repo market, harming the ability to set rates for non-banks

May 21, 2013

Cheap debt fuels executive share buybacks

Shareholders increasingly losing out to staff in repurchases

Markets Insight May 21, 2013

Central bankers turn deaf ear to warnings

Yields on US and UK government bonds fell and their currencies appreciated, pointing to resurgent inflation

May 20, 2013

Yield hunt drives up leveraged loans

Most have been trading above face value

From COMMENT May 20, 2013

Robin Hood tax: A long shot

European plans for a financial transaction levy are likely to be diluted

May 20, 2013

EM company borrowing costs tumble

Dollar debt issuance hits records

May 20, 2013

Wall of money eases eurozone funding

Governments raise more than half year’s needs