MARKET NEWS
Tradeweb launches Saudi ATS
Tradeweb has expanded its alternative trading system to cover Sukuk and Saudi Riyal (SAR)-denominated debt instrument execution.
The company was licensed by the Capital Market...
While rates trading hummed in Q3, “cockroaches” hide
Jamie Dimon, CEO at JP Morgan, warned that recent corporate blow-ups may presage wider credit issues: “When you see one cockroach, there are probably...
US credit issuance hit record highs in September
US credit issuance was at its highest level since May 2020 at the start of September, pushing average daily notional volumes up 4% year-on-year...
US rates volatility, e-trading decline in September
E-trading was down five percentage points year-on-year (YoY) and one percentage point month-on-month (MoM) in US rates over September, taking 54% of overall volumes.
Dealer-to-client...
The de-dollarisation debate
Investors see their short duration positions getting longer this year, with a shift to EM debt, and a multi-decade case for de-dollarisation, attendees at...
Private credit: “Don’t get involved now!”
Louis Gargour, chief investment officer at LNG Capital gave this late-cycle warning at a FILS panel dedicated to alternative investment in private credit. He...
FEATURES
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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RESEARCH
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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MarketAxess: The Open Trading inquiry orderbook
The Open Trading inquiry orderbook - An untapped source of liquidity insight
By David Krein, Chisom Amalunweze | 27 May 2021
Highlights
Inquiries available for Open...
Europe sees big drops in implied liquidity costs
Since the start of 2023, European corporate bonds have seen a greater drop in bid-ask spreads than has been seen in their US investment...
S&P Global Ratings: Fallen angels remain costly despite tightening spreads
Brenden Kugle and Patrick Drury Byrne of S&P Global Ratings, have published a new paper assessing the borrowing costs for ‘fallen angels’, corporates whose...
ESMA consultation on RTS 2 marks accelerated process
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a consultation on the development of draft regulatory technical standards to specify the pre-trade thresholds...
BondWave partners DbCom to deliver transaction analytics to EQube users
BondWave, a fixed income fintech, has integrated its pre-trade and post-trade transaction analytics with DbCom’s business and compliance platform, EQube.
Delivered through BondWave’s application programming...
The Book: JP Morgan rules the roost in Q1 DCM market share
JP Morgan has retained its top spot in global debt capital markets rankings by volume for Q1 2025, according to Dealogic.
With US$178.5 billion, 806...
Lifetime Achievement Winner: Pimco’s Geraldine Sundstrom
The importance of agility in a changing world.
Geraldine Sundstrom is a managing director and portfolio manager at PIMCO and in 2022 won the Lifetime Achievement Award at...
Industry viewpoint : SIX Swiss Exchange : Frédéric Messein
Better interdealer execution generates natural liquidity
Banks’ reticence to trade with clients is a consequence of the cost of carrying risk; SIX Corporate Bonds de-risks...
Eurex launches EU bond futures
Eurex will offer futures on European Commission-issued EU bonds from 10 September.
The EU bond futures (FBEU) will be physically deliverable contracts with a 6%...
JP Morgan: Rates and credit trading show greatest electronic growth
The annual JP Morgan e-Trading survey, now in its fifth year, has found that, over the next two years, rates trading and credit trading...
European bond traders struggle with block trades and counterparties
Analysis of the European and US corporate bond markets by Coalition Greenwich has found that block trades and counterparties are a far greater concern...
This Week from Trader TV: Gregory Corrigan, L&G Asset Management
L&G AM: Record volumes, retail surge, and new venues shape US equity markets.
This year, US equity markets have been shaped by record trading volumes,...
