US 2004 bond supply seen healthy, but below '03-BMA - 2004-02-12
U.S. bond supply will stay healthy in 2004 but is likely to fall short of 2003's record $6.9 trillion, as low rates and modest inflation are likely to continue, while growth picks up, a report showed on Thursday.

The Bond Market Association said its Research Quarterly showed bond issuance last year outstripped the previous record set in 2002 of $5.4 trillion, aided in large part by a 39 percent rise in mortgage-backed securities to $3.2 trillion.
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Barclays Capital to expand into U.S. mortgages - 2004-02-12
Barclays Capital, the investment banking arm of Barclays PLC, is planning to move into the U.S. residential and commercial mortgage market within the next few years, its chief executive officer Bob Diamond told Reuters on Thursday.

The investment bank will structure and trade mortgage securities. In recent years Barclays Capital has expanded on Wall Street, particularly in investment-grade debt origination for companies.
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