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The soaring demand comes as traders slash bets on interest-rate hikes from developed-markets central banks, swelling the world’s pile of negative-yielding sovereign bonds by $3 trillion in two days.

Bond traders in Europe are waking up to the reality of record inflation, even as prospects of monetary policy tightening this year remain murky amid an escalation in the Ukraine war.

Moscow is blocking foreign investors, who hold tens of billions of dollars worth of Russian stocks and bonds, from exiting after its invasion of Ukraine triggered a wave of economic sanctions

The bank has allotted unsecured, subordinated, non-convertible, taxable, perpetual, fully paid-up Basel III compliant additional tier-I bonds in the nature of debentures, aggregating to Rs 1,500 crore

Renewable energy equities is luring cash, a rare risk asset to outperform amid a flight to safety like bonds and the greenback.

SOVEREIGN bonds surged in Japan, Australia and New Zealand on Wednesday, extending a global rally as Russia’s invasion…

Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal has said that at the first auction for the sale of war bonds, more than UAH 8 billion was raised.

Ukraine announced on Tuesday the issuance of bonds to finance its army and state spending during the war with Russia, inviting Ukrainians and foreigners to participate in the auction. "Everyone can support the financing of the needs of the army and the state budget by acquiring our military bonds," Finance Minister Sergey Marchenko wrote on his Facebook page, adding that the first auctions would be held on Tuesday. These bonds, with a nominal value of 1,000 hryvnias (about 30 euros), will be issued for one year, and their yield will be determined during the auction, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement. The total amount of this issue has not been specified. "Your contribution to supporting Ukrainian defenders is extremely important at this crucial time for Ukraine," the ministry said. Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, with airstrikes, artillery and missile strikes against many Ukrainian regions. These attacks killed hundreds of civilians and caused serious damage to the infrastructure of this country, until then one of the poorest in Europe.

Green Africa Airways, Nigeria’s value carrier, has said it has commenced training for pilots, engineers and cabin crew with the end goal of producing about 200 captains, 100 engineers, 500 cabin crew and 500 professionals to boost Nigeria’s aviation sector. Speaking during the launch of a Strategic Green Africa Initiative on Tuesday, Babawande Afolabi, the founder & CEO at Green Africa Airways said the airline has commenced monthly training for pilots, and engineers in a bid to achieve this goal. Afolabi said this initiative will cost the airlines a huge sum but he believes the initiative will be a win-win for the airline and the aviation sector as Green Africa looks to engage more Nigerian pilots. “If there is going to be a bond, there will be a bond in place. If you have a bond that would demand a pilot work for a particular period of time and for whatever reason, an opportunity comes up and the pilot needs to leave, it will be negotiated. It will not be a case where we have a bond and make the person a slave. “We will go into contractual agreement that after spending an amount on a pilot, he needs to work for Green Africa for a certain period of time.

By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) – Euro zone bond markets stabilised on Wednesday after a dramatic repricing a day earlier, when traders slashed their bets on ECB rate hikes this year, coming to terms with the economic implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Global equities and bonds sold off strongly in February, especially European assets, which are mostly impacted by the conflict in Ukraine, the worst military crisis in Europe since World War II.

BlackRock has upgraded equities while downgrading bonds, saying the odds of hawkish central bankers rapidly upping rates has receded, with ‘a protracted stand-off between Russia and the West’ set to weigh on global growth.

Hedge funds may have helped fuel the biggest gain in Japanese bond futures in a year after money markets trimmed bets on the pace of U.S. interest-rate hikes.

Australian visually impaired ski racer Patrick Jensen says his father''s advice to "never give up" inspires him to achieve Winter Paralympic success.