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Scottish ‘vanity’ issuance project puts investors at risk from independence
The Scottish Government has confirmed plans to enter the bond market and issue £1.5bn of debt in 2026-2027.
Ben Ashby, chief investment officer at...
Milei’s victory saw Argentinian debt traders reach for rapid risk transfer
In late October 2025, Argentine President Javier Milei’s party, La Libertad Avanza, scored a decisive win, in the country’s midterm elections, a political triumph...
October credit futures’ activity cools after September busy roll month
In October trading volumes of credit futures at Eurex, Cboe global markets and CME cooled after the September roll month, but open interest continued...
Scotland rated AA/Aa3 ahead of debut ‘kilt’ bonds
Scotland has received its first standalone credit ratings from Moody’s and S&P Global, with both agencies placing the Scottish Government on the same high...
T. Rowe Price deploys Genesis’ primary bond custom tool
T. Rowe Price has gone live with Genesis global’s primary bond issuance (PBI) tool. It aims to standardise how its fixed income teams manage...
BoE issues stablecoin regulation proposals
The Bank of England has issued a proposed regulatory regime for sterling-denominated systemic stablecoins, revising two elements of policy proposed in a 2023 discussion...
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Credit futures see OI and ADV increase more than sevenfold YoY
The adoption of credit futures as a mainstream credit trading vehicle is broadening across venues and currencies: US$ iBoxx total return based futures traded...
Trade size growth undercuts European bond market ‘equitification’
Since 2023 European corporate bond markets have seen trades size grow, as trading platforms report increasing volumes
“If we break down electronic trading growth in European...
The pretenders, and kingmakers, to the bond throne
Dealers are backing several new trading platforms who are fighting major incumbents for market share.
In the bond market, the trading platform landscape has been...
Declaration of dependence
US president to oversee financial institution regulation amid deregulation drive.
Executive orders signed by US president, Donald Trump, have given him oversight of all US...
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Bond traders predict data science/AI use explosion in 2026
The DESK’s Corporate Bond Liquidity Access Survey, supported by LTX, finds trading desks are on the cusp of change.
Buy-side traders see 2026 as a turning...
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Are your traders for hire?
Growing numbers of asset managers are hiring third parties to provide their trading desks. Dan Barnes investigates.
Fixed income funds are under increasing pressure to...
What’s the fuss about… New capital rules?
What’s all this fuss about new capital rules? The US Federal Reserve has decided that some banks, with over US$100 billion in assets, need...
CME Group names Mike Dennis global head of fixed income
CME Group has named Mike Dennis global head of fixed income, effective 5 August.
Dennis will oversee the firm’s largest, most actively traded global benchmark...
JP MORGAN: The parametric approach to credit trading
Broadening the range and number of instruments traded in a single order is opening up liquidity.
The DESK spoke with Andreas Koukorinis, global head of...
FILS USA 2022: Market structure under microscope
There are a host of regulatory proposals out there that stand to have a material and practical impact on how fixed income markets operate,...
Bloomberg rolls events data into single pipe
Bloomberg has launched a new version of its Real-Time Events Data solution,
integrating event data into its B-PIPE market data feed, using identifiers like Financial...
Mizuho’s DCM revenues break into global top ten
Global debt capital markets (DCM) revenues remained almost identical year-on-year (YoY) for the first nine months of 2025, with Mizuho the only new entrant....
European credit trades size up 15% year on year Q3
European credit trades keep getting larger. The notional blended trade size for Investment grade and high yield European credit was €786k in September 2025...
The Book: Equity-linked note issuance on the rise in APAC
Convertible and exchangeable bond issuance in APAC is on track for a record-breaking year, Citi has noted.
Convertible bonds allow holders to convert their bond...
Fear of job loss harming traders’ mental health
Exchanges are calling for 24-hour trading. Firms are working with less resources. Markets are increasingly complex. And traders are worried about job loss.
In the...
Buy-side profile: Bryn Jones
Bryn Jones, head of fixed income and lead manager Rathbone Ethical Bond Fund and the Rathbone Strategic Bond Fund talks about building a strong...
ION connects to FMX Futures Exchange
ION has connected to the FMX Futures Exchange, which opened on 23 September 2024, meaning clients can now trade on the newly launched exchange...
