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Despite the geopolitical tensions, the Russian government is making payments on its sovereign debt and Western governments are allowing circuitous transfers to get those funds to the debt holders.
But they're not using the money for capital expenditures, they're just moving it to short-term investments.
French drugmaker Sanofi is the first nonfinancial company to sell debt with negative yield.
Hunt for yield puts borrowers in the driver's seat.
Investors' hunt for yield means demand eclipses supply in the leveraged loan market; some borrowers are taking advantage by changing agreement terms.
Issuance in Europe is within reach of a weekly record.