S&P

• Corporate Bond Prices Approach Record

  By John Glover, Bloomberg  |  April 25, 2013

  As investors pile in in search of yield, bonds’ sensitivity to rate changes jumps.

• Junk Bond Froth Seeps into Emerging Markets

  By Ye Xie and Michael Patterson, Bloomberg  |  February 19, 2013

  High-yield debt of companies in emerging markets is so expensive it leads to talk of asset bubbles.

• TXU Bond Plunge Reaps $450 Mln Windfall

  By Charles Mead and Mark Chediak, Bloomberg  |  December 11, 2012

  Company gets better deal on exchange offer after securities sell off on tax disclosure.

• Some Dividends Financed With Debt (MarketWatch)

  December 5, 2012

  Payments for stockholders can come at bondholders’ expense

• Barclays Contingent Capital Notes Fall for Second Day

  By John Glover  |  November 16, 2012

  Notes would be written down to zero if bank’s core equity ratio falls to 7%.

• Pimco Predicts U.S. Downgrade

  By Tracy Withers, Bloomberg  |  October 18, 2012

  Ratings agencies will respond to nation’s ‘fiscal theater,’ bond manager says.

• GE Sells Debt Despite $100 Bln of Cash

  By Charles Mead and Tim Catts, Bloomberg  |  October 2, 2012

  ‘Opportunistic’ issuer takes advantage of low interest rates.

• Silver AHA Winner in Enterprise Risk Management

  September 24, 2012

  System to Score Risk Efforts: Aon

• U.S. Junk Bond Yields Hit Record Low

  By Sarika Gangar and David Holley, Bloomberg  |  September 12, 2012

  Yield of 7.163% breaks record set in May 2011.

• KB Home Bonds Miss Rally

  By Zeke Faux, Bloomberg  |  April 13, 2012

  Homebuilder’s sales languish after it loses MetLife as financing partner.