Retail Bond Expert

With bank lending remaining scarce, the recent trend towards companies raising finance from their customers by issuing retail bonds has continued apace such that total issuance is set to exceed £1bn 2012.

Hot on the heels of the success of the £145m issue by North Sea oil company EnQuest, Paragon, Britain's largest specialist buy-to-let mortgage lender is the latest company to offer a bond directly to investors...

Painfully low interest rates attract savers and investors to higher rates of return

With Thursday’s half-yearly figures expected to show the full extent of the problems at the troubled Co-operative Bank, bond holders have united in their opposition to proposed plans to exchange their debt for equity, and have taken their case to the Bank of England – and beyond!

Retail Bond Expert confirms the need for caution as borrowers tempt investors with a whole range of both listed and unlisted bonds, and asks if it is time for industry standard product definitions.

Relief at Co-op Bank as 99.9% of bondholders vote to approve recapitalisation plan.

Retail Bond Expert highlights the need for standardised definitions in the lead up to ORB celebrations

New issue receives mixed response

"World can run without money and currencies but not without business and trade.” Amit Kalantri

Harlequins seeks to raise £7.5 million to fund future development with 5 year mini-bond

The North Sea oil operator has breached a covenant of its retail bond and raised the coupon on its 2022 bond from 5.5% to 7.0%

As part of its ongoing campaign to see investors better educated, RBE’s Mr Bond lifts the lid on some of the markets worst excesses - 'don’t take shareholder risks for bondholder rewards'

Pre-Christmas cheer for income seekers with only the fourth issue on ORB in 2016

Retail Bond Expert’s Mr Bond considers whether there’s a ‘third way’ in the ongoing quest for income

Chief exec David Armstrong to step down as Wasps seem likely to refinance its retail bond

Lead manager Peel Hunt pulled stumps early on its most recent retail bond issue as Burford Capital raced to £175 million in just one week.

Hightown, the Hertfordshire-based landlord, which currently owns 5,300 properties, is offering a fixed term investment via the Retail Charity Bond platform

Specialist mortgage lender launches roadshow to gauge appetite from fixed income investors ahead of potential launch