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The new year issuance boom came as markets largely shrugged off the dramatic US capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Investors continue to attach little risk premium to US corporate debt, with the cost of borrowing for investment-grade companies at just 0.79 percentage points above government debt, according to Ice BofA data.
The U.S. bond market was broadly rising Friday, as investors took the latest employment report as reinforcing optimism around potentially two interest-rate cuts from the Federal Reserve this year. The iShares Core U.
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"The significant increase in hyperscaler issuance raises questions about who will be the marginal buyer of IG paper."
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"historically" soft market for the insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector, consultancy Lane Financial LLC said in a new analysis of