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EUR 164.16 For Business Accounts Only

Moody's: 2017 euro-area periphery corporate high-yield issuance will not hit $30 billion record

London, 28 February 2017-- Moody's expects 2017 issuance volumes of high-yield bonds in euro-area periphery countries to remain similar to last year's more normalized level of $19.8 billion, not reaching the record high of $30 billion posted in 2014, says the rating agency in a report published today. Euro periphery countries are Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Ireland. "Investors' continued search for yield in a record-low interest rate environment and modest M&A activity...
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