Ferrari and Ray-Ban deemed a safer bet than Italian government bonds

[ad_1] By Alasdair Pal, Abhinav Ramnarayan LONDON (Reuters) – Italy’s luxury carmaker Ferrari and Exor, the owners of Juventus football club, are among a host of companies that can now…

Italy’s Conte downplays Rome’s breach of EU fiscal rules

[ad_1] Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte holds a news conference at the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium October 18, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Italy’s Prime Minister…

Italy – Factors to watch on June 30

[ad_1] The following factors could affect Italian markets on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*). For…

Italy 50-yr bond drew bumper demand from Germany – debt management chief

[ad_1] ROME, July 10 (Reuters) – More than 80% of the demand for Italy’s 50-year debt issue on Tuesday came from foreign investors, with Germany in the forefront, the head…

Italy defends budget as EU warns of ‘unprecedented’ rules breach

[ad_1] BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Italy’s Prime Minister defended its free-spending budget on Thursday, brushing off criticism from Brussels as the European Commission stepped up pressure over a draft it labeled…

GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares slump on China virus economic concerns, gold gains

[ad_1] (Adds oil, gold settlement prices) * World share index heads for worst month since August * U.S., European equity markets fall more than 1% * Dismal Chicago PMI adds…

Draghi fever may drive Italian risk premium to post-crisis low

[ad_1] By Stefano Rebaudo, Yoruk Bahceli MILAN/AMSTERDAM(Reuters) – Italy’s new Prime Minister Mario Draghi may boost the appeal of his government’s bonds for foreign investors, and could even push their…

Column: Lending to Italy for a century

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – If ultra-long 50-year bonds are going like hot cakes in Europe, the temptation to double up maturities and lock in the lowest borrowing rates in history…

Europe’s bond boom may stem investment bank exodus from sovereign debt auctions

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – The surge in government borrowing during the COVID-19 crisis and boost in bond trading may stem investment banks’ gradual exodus from the less profitable business of…