[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…
Tag: Sovereign Debt Auctions
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…
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…
Sovereign default risks to rise further in 2021: Goldman Sachs
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Sovereign default risks are on course to rise further in 2021, with Iraq, Sri Lanka, Angola and Gabon at high probability of default, say Goldman Sachs…
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…
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…