7:34pm

December gains fail to make up for bad year

Eurozone bond repayments due in first quarter of 2012

7:20pm

Foreign central banks cut US treasuries

Record outflow has not produced higher yields

7:07pm

$6.3tn wiped off markets in 2011

Euro ends year as world’s worst performing major currency

Dec 29, 2011

Investors race to safety of US money market funds

Lack of viable alternatives spurs risk-averse investors

Dec 29, 2011

High-yield bonds end with a whimper

Eurozone debt crisis leaves investors rattled

From COMPANIES Dec 29, 2011

Bank regulation battle focuses on liquidity

Lobbying to intensify on buffer assets

Dec 29, 2011

Asian corporate bond market matures

Companies issued $312bn in bonds this year

Dec 29, 2011

Italian bond sale fails to spark markets

Auction of 2014 and 2021 notes falls short of target

Dec 28, 2011

Successful Italy bond auction lifts mood

10-year yields stuck above 7% ahead of sale of longer-dated debt

Dec 28, 2011

Traditional lenders shiver as shadow banking grows

‘Other financial intermediaries’ return to pre-crisis peak

Global Market Overview Dec 28, 2011

Investors unmoved by Italian bond sale

Italy’s short-term funding costs halved at a debt sale

Dec 28, 2011

Catastrophe bonds come back to life

Rising interest among long-term investors expected to spur growth

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Dec 27, 2011

China and Japan agree currency push

US declines to name Beijing as ‘currency manipulator’

Dec 27, 2011

Markets braced for Italy debt auction

Yield on 10-year bonds touches 7 per cent

Dec 23, 2011

Gilt yields fall on double-dip fears

Government’s long-term borrowing costs hit lowest level since 1890s

On Wall Street Dec 23, 2011

Twist in the tale of bond market’s orphan asset

Yields on 30-year Treasuries could head towards 4% in 2012

On London from EQUITIES Dec 23, 2011

No early Christmas for the contrarian speculator

History suggests backing the year’s worst performers rarely pays

Dec 23, 2011

Investors remain wary of equities

Government bonds have been the winners in this year’s crisis

Dec 23, 2011

Interbank rates pressure Beijing to act

Tight liquidity may spur China to more monetary easing

Gillian Tett Dec 22, 2011

Ties between sovereigns and banks set to deepen

The state and private finance are becoming more entwined by the day

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