Debt Capital Markets

Bond markets: Long live local currencies

Bond markets: Long live local currencies

Investors are being offered more frequent opportunities to back bonds in roubles, lira, naira and other emerging-market currencies. But building these markets takes time and effort from many parties. Tim Burke reports.

The growing world of covered bonds

The growing world of covered bonds

Activity in traditional markets may have slowed as banks weigh up other funding options, but new issuers and new structures are keeping deal-makers on their toes. Tim Burke reports.