OREANDA-NEWS. February 09, 2015. The latest edition of Inside Credit features Fitch Ratings' study of corporate bond issue size and trading frequency.

A sample study of five major U.S. corporate bond exchange-traded funds (ETFs) underlying holdings shows that investment-grade corporate bond issues under \\$500 million trade significantly less frequently than larger issue bonds.

'The matter has specific importance for ETFs because they trade continuously, while the underlying bonds supporting the ETFs' prices do not. A wide mismatch can lead to ETFs trading at larger discounts or premiums to their underlying assets,' says Robert Grossman, Managing Director of Macro Credit Research.

Other topics covered in this week's edition of Inside Credit include:

-Strong start for US Credit Card ABS
-China's reserve requirement ratio (RRR) cut
-Fitch Downgrades Petrobras
-Can Russian oil and gas companies withstand low oil prices?
-Macroeconomic concerns rise for Canadian banks
-UK mortgage arrears continue to fall
-Italy avoids political disruption but growth falters
-Fitch revises down iron ore price assumptions
-Irish mortgage caps reduce banks' new asset quality risks

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