As we celebrate another summer solstice, (or for our Nordic friends, another midsommar), it also marks another year at the Invisso (formerly Euromoney) Global Borrower’s Conference. The Origin team was again duly represented at the conference, and it was a great opportunity to connect with clients and friends, old
There was an interesting piece in the FT this week about how a group of cross-party MPs in the UK have encouraged the Treasury to do more to ensure that government debt is issued at the lowest possible cost to taxpayers. Sounds sensible, but sensible is often far from simple,
Bonds are the unsung heroes (and sometimes villains) of financial markets. For the average investor, stocks are easy to understand. They’re familiar with the companies that issue them, and the link between corporate performance and share prices is intuitive. Bonds are a different proposition entirely. They are perceived as
I recently came across this interesting article from George Soros, suggesting that the UK DMO should issue perpetual bonds to help it get through its current bind. Soros has written about this topic a few times already over the past few years, suggesting the EU as a whole (and France