Swiss bank Credit Suisse was the first among banks to issue debt, tied to the rate of SOFR instead of the traditional LIBOR. The Financial Times, citing sources, wrote that the New York division Credit Suisse placed a 6-month deposit certificate worth $100 million, the rate of which exceeds SOFR by 35 basis points. The Swiss bank became the third financial institution to issue debts, the rate of which depends on SOFR. Earlier, the World Bank placed bonds with a floating rate of $1 billion, and the American mortgage agency Fannie Mae sold notes worth 6 billion dollars.
The Bank of England will announce next week how quickly it expects the economy to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, but it is unlikely to add to the 100 billion pounds of the fiscal package it released in June. Britain’s economy ...
June had seen Japan’s industrial output breaking its four-month slump. The recuperation could be attributed to a modest recovery seen in broader business and consumer activity after the world’s third-biggest economy suffered from ...
Spain’s unemployment rose to 15.33% for the second quarter of 2020, according to Tuesday’s data from the National Statistics Institute amid the worsening COVID-19 situation in the country. The unemployment rate surged past the ...
Australia had seen its employment rate dropping 1.1% between mid-June and mid-July, weekly data showed on Tuesday. In addition to this, the southeastern state of Victoria recorded the sharpest plunge in employment as the state suffers from ...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Monday that UBS Financial Services Inc. (UBSG) would pay more than $10 Million to resolve charges regarding certain municipal bond offerings. UBS has agreed to pay the fine after SEC ...