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SpaceX seeks bridge loan relief with mega bond issuance
SpaceX’s US$25 billion bond issuance, the first since its IPO on 12 June, was the largest corporate issuance of June – and surpassed sub-sovereign...
BondAuction closes
BondAuction has announced its closure, citing a lack of market adoption.
The platform was designed to improve transparency and efficiency in syndicated bond issuance and...
Bloomberg chases MarketAxess on IGB e-trading
Indian government bonds (IGBs) can now be traded electronically through Bloomberg.
MarketAxess was the first firm to offer IGB e-trading, launching the service last June.
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Denjean promoted at Natixis CIB
Marc Denjean has been promoted to global head of credit markets at Natixis Corporate and Investment Banking.
He is based in London.
Natixis reported €1.3 billion...
Abettan joins Citadel Securities in Paris
Rudy Abettan has joined the fixed income sales team at Citadel Securities. He is based in Paris.
Abettan has more than 15 years of industry...
Jane Street joins MTS BondVision
MTS BondVision has onboarded Jane Street as a dealer.
According to MTS, the top ten dealers on the platform in 2025 were BofA MErrill Lynch,...
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Acadian’s Michael Doros on the future of systematic credit trading
As credit markets become increasingly electronic, systematic managers are gaining new opportunities to scale research, improve execution, and optimize portfolios in real time. Traders...
Invesco: Kaizen and the art of trading
Running one of the leanest teams on the street, Ray Uy’s traders amplify their firm’s investment ideas by combining deep relationships, cutting edge technologies...
The accelerating boat to China: A faster route for traders
China offers investors a wealth of opportunity, with the caveat that markets are not fully open. Where the authorities are cautious about changes to market...
Eurex sees lit credit future liquidity migrate to dark
The Bloomberg / Eurex credit futures conference in mid-January 2026 had all seats taken and attendees standing in the aisles. That bursting enthusiasm was...
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Trading Intentions Survey: Data and protocol innovation are the battlegrounds for...
The 2026 Trading Intentions Survey has found that data is the most hotly-contested field in supporting corporate bond trading today, while analysis of trading...
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Government & municipal bonds : Electro muni : Chris Hall
GLOBAL WINDS OF CHANGE FUEL MUNICIPAL BOND AUTOMATION.
International interest is pushing the municipal bond market towards greater electronification and transparency. Chris Hall reports.
A new...
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...
ESMA consults on potential changes to CSDR penalty regime
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a consultation paper seeking input on amendments to the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) penalty...
Credit Commentary: Credit calm masks a trillion-dollar AI issuance wave
Credit calm masks a trillion-dollar AI issuance wave
By Janaka Ariyasena, HY Credit Trader and Portfolio Manager. Ex Seaport Europe and Rubrics Asset Management.
Credit markets...
ECB brings central bank money to DLT
The European Central Bank (ECB) is planning to settle distributed ledger technology (DLT) transactions using central bank money, announcing a long- and short-term initiative.
The...
Exclusive: Bloomberg’s New Issues Feed takes small, important step towards improving bond issuance
Bloomberg has launched a real-time feed, called the ‘New Issues Feed’, to provide clients with access to standardised information on new issues earlier in...
Senior fixed income trader joins Bloomberg’s primary markets team
Keenan Choy, formerly a primary markets fixed income trader with Wellington Asset Management in the US, has been active in developing primary market processes...
Trading Intentions Survey 2017
The range of credit liquidity aggregation platforms used has increased, reducing demand for new connections.
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The DESK’s Trading Intentions Survey is global primary research...
PGGM joins Glimpse Markets
Dutch asset manager PGGM has joined buy-side bond data sharing platform Glimpse Markets.
“I’m delighted to welcome PGGM to the Glimpse data sharing network...
Technology: The competitive edge for a fixed income OMS
To better support alpha generation buy-side firms need to overcome any inertia created by legacy front office technology, writes Lynn Strongin Dodds.
Cost has always...
JP Morgan and RBC added as eligible sellers to the Fed
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York funded Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF) added JP Morgan and RBC as eligible sellers of securities...
BlueCrest poaches Sam Tabari from Goldman
BlueCrest Capital Management has hired former Goldman Sachs rates trader Sam Tabari as a senior portfolio manager on its London-based global-macro desk.
He will run...
