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Corporates Prefer Bonds

All grades of the bond market are open again, and companies are taking full advantage.

August 20, 2010

Institutional and retail investors in the credit markets are binging on corporate debt, and issuers are only happy to oblige. Bonds are fast becoming a large percentage of the total debt on corporate balance sheets, outstripping bank obligations. Read more...

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