When news broke that Pimco's Total Return Fund  had slashed its U.S. Treasury holdings to zero, investors were left wondering why the world's biggest bond fund would bail out of the safe haven.

"Everything you buy and hold must have value," said Pimco CEO Mohamed El-Erian at a market outlook event hosted by Thomson Reuters Thursday. "In our estimation there was be

While the circumstances that have driven these debt-ridden members of the euro zone to the brink differ, they share one common characteristic: all three countries aggressively tapped their domestic banking systems for more debt long after they had been shut out of international bond markets.

Russia is seeking to widen its foreign investor base as the world’s biggest oil exporting nation prepares to triple ruble bond sales to a record.

The government may allow over-the-counter trading before the end of March to lure demand and is considering bringing settlement procedures in line with international norms and introducing separate trading of interest and principal payme