A seven-week buying streak in South Korean bonds just snapped as soaring apartment prices spooked the Bank of Korea out of fast rate cuts. Yield, won moves, and geopolitics now pull in different directions, and global money is voting with its feet.

Analysts looking to value mortgage-backed securities quickly learn that RMBS and CMBS are totally different beasts. From refinancing waves in the suburbs to default risk in downtown office towers, let’s break down what makes each tick—and how to model these different cases.

Private equity and private credit firms don’t have market prices to lean on—so how do they value what they buy? From DCFs to debt covenants, here’s how the pros figure out what’s worth funding.

Companies are rushing to issue junk bonds before trade tensions spike again. Institutions are buying—but only while the yields justify the risk. Here’s how professional investors time the high-yield market.

US banks are lending less to businesses and more to shadow banks. Here’s why this shift matters, what’s driving it, and how it might echo pre-2008 risks—even if today’s safeguards are stronger.

WiseTech Global just agreed to buy E2open for $2.1 billion—its biggest deal ever. But what goes into valuing and negotiating acquisitions like these? Zolio breaks down the logic behind the numbers and the gamesmanship behind the deal.