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“Bonds are sold, not bought.” This capital market folklore is the foundation upon which many lucrative debt franchises are built. It also wreathes primary market allocation in a mysterious alchemy.
Mark Bamford, head of leveraged finance and capital markets at GMP Securities in New York, made this point to Euromoney over lunch in New York in October as he explained why debt capital markets have lagged other markets in technical evolution.
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