EUROPE - Defaults on EU high yield bonds rose to a record level in the second quarter of this year, ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) says.
The default rate of the bonds stood at 5.11% in the second quarter compared with a rate of 2.39% in the US and a global rate of 2.54%. S&P head of global fixed income research Diane Vazza said: ...
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