VimpelCom Intends To Issue Ruble Bonds in the Amount of 30 Billion RUR.
MOSCOW and NEW YORK, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Open Joint Stock Company "Vimpel-Communications" ("VimpelCom" or the "Company") , today announced that it intends to submit to the Russian Federal Financial Markets Service documentation required for the potential issuance of Russian ruble-denominated bonds through LLC VimpelCom-Invest, a consolidated Russian subsidiary...

Huajin Tongda plans to issue bonds for ethylene projects.
Liaoning Huajin Tongda Chemicals Co., Ltd. (Huajin Tongda, SZ: 000059) announced on December 25th, 2008 to issue up to RMB2 billion of convertible bonds with detachable warrants to finance the 450 thousand t/a ethylene facility and related matching projects as well as loans and working capital. Huajin...

Masisa Issues Bonds for US$100 Million and Successfully Completes Its Financial Strengthening Plan.
SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- -- Today, Masisa issued bonds for UF3 million (equivalent to US$100 million), in a successful transaction arranged by local advisors IM Trust and BBVA. Investor demand exceeded the offering by 10%. -- With the completion of the financial strengthening plan, which...

Havas Redeemed its Oceane Bonds on January 2, 2009.
SURESNES, France, January 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - (Havas bonds convertible and/or exchangeable for new or existing Havas shares) (HAVAS400C - ISIN code FR0000188476) Havas redeemed its OCEANE bonds (bonds convertible and/or exchangeable for new or existing Havas shares) outstanding on January 2, 2009. The issuance agreement was...

P/$ rate closes at P47.725/$ 1.
The peso exchange rate closed lower at P47.725 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp. (PDEx) from P47.39 last Friday. The weighted average rate depreciated to P47.625 from P47.34. Total volume amounted to $ 821.5 million. ADB plans $ 1-B 3-year bonds...

P/$ rate closes at P47.52/$ 1.
The peso exchange rate closed higher at P47.52 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp. (PDEx) from P47.725 the previous day. The weighted average rate appreciated to P47.551 from P47.625. Total volume amounted to $ 906.6 million. 7-year bonds fetch 6.993% ...

MarketAxess Announces Monthly Volume Statistics For January 2009.
NEW YORK, Feb 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MarketAxess Holdings Inc. , the operator of a leading electronic trading platform for U.S. and European high-grade corporate bonds, emerging markets bonds and other types of fixed-income securities, today announced total monthly trading volume for January 2009 of $18.1 billion, consisting of $11.0...

Alaron Releases Annual Futures Market Outlook.
Leading Analysis on Energy, Metals, Grains, Currencies, Bonds, Softs and Equities CHICAGO, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaron Trading Corporation ("Alaron"), a leading independent full-service retail futures and options brokerage firm, today announced the release of its annual futures Market Outlook Report. It can be downloaded from the...

China Yuchai International Enters into Loan Agreement with HL Global Enterprises Limited.
SINGAPORE, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Yuchai International Limited ("China Yuchai" or the "Company"), announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary Venture Lewis Limited ("VLL") has entered into a loan agreement with HL Global Enterprises Limited ("HLGE") to refinance the zero coupon, unsecured, non-convertible bonds ("Bonds") issued in 2006...

The pandemic wager: a staid model for dealing with pandemic risk exposure marks another quiet year.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Indications are that 2009 could mark a return for an insurance-linked security that lets investors make what has been a historically safe wager against pandemic risk. It comes on the close of another modest year for extreme mortality catastrophe bonds, with just one...