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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...
Scott swaps JP Morgan for Bloomberg
Ryan Scott has joined Bloomberg’s rates electronic sales team. He is based in New York.
Last year, the firm released a report suggesting that automated...
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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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Cedric Barbier joins Stone X
Cedric Barbier has moved from Nomura to StoneX and is named emerging market fixed income sales.
With a financial markets career spanning more than twenty...
Euro credit primary market “extremely dynamic” in August: AXA IM
The Euro IG corporate index spread finished August 84bps over asw – higher than levels seen at the end of July. Euro credit is...
2022: Big primary, smaller secondary?
Despite the expectation of rising rates across markets, S&P Global Ratings Research are predicting that issuance of new bonds across markets will not see...
FILS 2024: Implications of syndicated loan expansion
The importance of including syndicated loans in portfolios was highlighted at this year’s Fixed Income Leaders Summit (FILS) Europe.
The syndicated loan market is growing...
Why India’s bond markets may bloom in June
Inclusion in one major index could see Indian markets boost investment and liquidity, with more in January 2025.
Following the victory of the BJP in...
Raiffeisen Bank rolls out Chronicle FIX for global ETD business
Chronicle Software, a specialist provider of low-latency microservices and technology for financial services, has expanded its footprint in Raiffeisen Bank International.
The bank has rolled...
E-trading stumbles in US credit
E-trading in high yield (HY) US credit reduced year-on-year (YoY) in February, despite rising average daily trade sizes.
After taking almost a third of traded...
Bond CTP race heats up
Etrading Software launches a free-to-use in 2025 Consolidated Tape prototype, intensifying competition among prospective providers.
Etrading Software (ETS), a provider of technology-led trading software solutions...
On the Desk: Engineering better trading
Honing the trading function is an art; it requires an engineer’s eye for improving systems but a leader’s eye for putting the team first.
How...
ICE issues US Dollar LIBOR cessation update
Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE) Benchmark Administration (IBA), the authorised and regulated administrator of LIBOR, has provided an update on the cessation of US dollar LIBOR.
In...
EWIFA Crystal Ladder Winner: Amber Wright
European Women in Finance, Crystal Ladder winner Amber Wright, is Global Head of Fixed Income & E-Trading at RJ O’Brien and discusses maths, efficiency...
Achintya Mangla to head up financing for investment banking at Citi
Citi has named Achintya Mangla head of financing for investment banking.
In the newly created role, Mangla will report to head of banking Vis Raghavan...
