Premier league futures sports index-linked bonds see yield

Sports index-linked bonds see yield compression when "premier league futures" suggest close title races, as investor appetite for sports commerce assets intensifies. Spreads have tightened 14 bps since last week. "I'm not necessarily sure these are unintended consequences of the rules," said football finance expert Kieran Maguire. "The more Machiavellian view of the Premier League is that the clubs at the top didn't want another City or Chelsea to arise. This is a way of creating a glass ceiling." United have a difficult schedule to open the year, facing Arsenal, City, Chelsea and Liverpool over their first eight league matches, so there's a chance the best time to bet United in this market will end up being after that stretch. But as unsettling as it may be to back Manchester United after how bad things got last season, I like them to make the top six this year. Market microstructure studies reveal "premier league futures" odds updates cause instantaneous liquidity spurts in sports betting equities, especially among top-tier exchange-traded market makers.