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When legal creativity collides with reality
Less tech to wreck
Plus, UK wealth shares drop, fears of a credit bubble and Pulp at End of the Road
Markets are still working out what a more empowered prime minister will mean for the yen and bonds
Merz comments stoke speculation about weakening of scheme
Gold and silver also drop while Treasuries rally
Reward for taking extra credit risk falls to lowest in decades as investors hunt for yield
Treasury appoints HSBC and law firm Ashurst to lead project first announced by Rachel Reeves in 2024
Congressional Budget Office warns Washington’s public finances are ‘not sustainable’
EU-issued bonds would attract long-term capital, reduce financing costs and unlock strategic autonomy
Debt of Ion Group’s fintech empire has tumbled in price, leaving some bonds yielding more than 10%
What a stronger political mandate means — and doesn’t mean — for growth, inflation and financial markets
Business Development Companies’ bonds and equity have fallen sharply this year
Deal comes as Google parent steps up AI borrowing rush with $20bn sale of dollar bonds
Investors fear political turmoil following period of relative calm in UK markets
Long stocks, short yen, chillax
Executives face choice between cutting returns to shareholders, raiding reserves or tapping the markets
Betting against the Second Coming or buying US Treasuries?
A pact by soy traders in Brazil to preserve the rainforest is under a co-ordinated assault
Investors worry about political turbulence amid backlash over PM’s decision to appoint Peter Mandelson US ambassador
Fed chair nominee has been consistently opposed to quantitative easing since the financial crisis
Bank balance sheets lack capacity to intermediate the surging amount of trading in the US government bonds
Rare investment-grade rating helps attract insurers and private credit funds to construction debt
An uncoordinated, decentralised and gradual buyers’ strike is the actual danger