According to the Zillow lender marketplace, mortgage rates continue to linger near one-year highs, driven by bond market volatility — despite government bond buybacks initiated by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The average 30-year fixed rate today, Friday, August 21, 2026, is 6.50%, down two basis points since yesterday. The 15-year fixed loan is currently at…
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday approved the state government’s request to issue a N200bn bond and participate in the Federation Account Allocation Committee Receivables Discounting Programme to finance critical infrastructure projects across the state. The approvals followed the adoption of the Joint Committee on Economic Planning and Budget and Finance’s report during…
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Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s Weekly Round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s Round-up is exclusively supported by BMI, a global leader in performing rights management, dedicated to supporting songwriters, composers and publishers and championing the value of music. This…
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Mumbai: Easing in corporate borrowing costs mid-April, which encouraged a wave of bond issuance, appears to be reversing as concerns over a prolonged conflict in West Asia drive yields higher once again. Firming local yields have made issuers more cautious, with some scaling back planned bond sales after a brief period of frenetic activity. Recent…
Mumbai: The recent sell-off in Indian government bonds seems to be easing and demand is expected to rise from October, according to bond dealers. The impact on government revenue from GST rate revisions is seen less severe than feared, and the market is factoring in a possible central bank action to fix the bond market…
The Debt Management Office (DMO) said it raised N136.16 billion from the August 2025 Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) bond auction conducted on Monday. The DMO, in a statement on its official website yesterday, said the auction featured a new five-year local bond offered at 17.95 per cent, which will be due in August 2030….
As interest rates begin to soften, fixed income investors are increasingly revisiting the role of bond duration in shaping portfolio returns. In an insightful conversation, Gautam Kaul, Senior Fund Manager – Fixed Income at Bandhan AMC, breaks down how duration plays a critical role in enhancing returns during a falling rate environment. From the mechanics…
A soaring national debt has added plenty of jitters to a Treasury market already reeling from tariff chaos, but there are signs that relief is coming to long-dated fixed income. For now, however, investors have piled out of long-term U.S. bond funds at the fastest rate since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, according…
