Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Australian Corporate Bond Sales Drop This Month on Risk Aversion, S&P Says

(Bloomberg) -- Sales of Australian corporate bonds
in June have fallen to the lowest this year as investors shun
risky assets, according to Standard & Poor's.

The ratings company's figures show corporate debt issuance
slowed to A$2.5 billion ($2.1 billion) in June compared with
average monthly sales of A$5.6 billion this year. Sales this
month are less than a quarter of February's total amid concerns
that hedge-fund losses in the U.S. subprime mortgage market will
snowball and impact the creditworthiness of other borrowers.


Read more at Bloomberg Bonds News

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