The fund, which is offered by the Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group, seeks to generate income by investing in foreign fixed income markets.
Banks could be obliged to to set aside $143 billion in reserves if municipal bonds are downgraded, a report says.
Fears that stock-market panic may spread to the bond market led to a meeting between regulators and several large insurers of debt.
Treasury bill, note and bond issuance is expected to climb to $125 billion during the first quarter of this year.
William Galvin has requested a list of Massachusetts public-issuer bonds insured by the companies since January 2006.
Shares of bond insurers Ambac Financial Group Inc. and MBIA Inc. plunged on renewed concerns that the two companies are on the verge of losing their AAA credit ratings.
Shares of MBIA surged today after the bond insurer said that a private equity firm would inject up to $1 billion of fresh capital into the struggling company.
Mutual funds might be forced to sell off lower-quality issues that carry a high rating due to insurance.
Issuance of U.S. investment grade bonds is expected to reach $100 billion this month, according to Dealogic.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a case that could affect the way states tax other states’ bonds.
The bond market is recovering from the credit crisis, with $41.4 billion bonds sold in October.
Lord Abbett & Co. has added Marybeth Leithead as a portfolio manager on its Municipal Bond team.
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case that could affect state taxes on municipal bonds, published reports said.
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board will consider amending Rule G-14 to heighten securities’ transparency.
After being beaten down as a result of the subprime-mortgage mess, junk bonds now look like big winners following last week’s interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.
It’s the latest chapter in whether insurers can sue participants in a municipal bond transactions for securities fraud.
The iShares S&P National Municipal Bond Fund from Barclays Global Investors won’t be the last.
A steep fall in bonds has led to speculation that China may be pulling its funds from the U.S., The Telegraph said.
Hedge funds have become the big fish in the debt-trading pool, according to a report by Greenwich Associates.
Bond fund manager Bill Gross said the subprime-mortgage crisis merits a swift federal response.
