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US rates e-trading flourishes in low volatility
Electronic trading in US rates was up two percentage points year-on-year (YoY) and three percentage points month-on-month (MoM) in June, representing 56% of the...
Nearly half of US credit e-traded in June
Electronic trading is breaking out of stagnation in US credit, with Coalition Greenwich predicting that high yield (HY) e-trading will soon hit its highest...
Merali leads rates e-trading at Bloomberg
Arif Merali has joined Bloomberg as global head of rates electronic trading at Bloomberg.
He is based in London.
Nicholas Bean is global head of Bloomberg...
Hastings joins Nomura AM
Richard Hastings has joined Nomura Asset Management as a fixed income client portfolio manager. He is based in London.
As on 31 March 2026, Nomura...
Dimon warns of downturn as fixed income revenues falter
Fixed income trading revenues fell for most US banks in the second quarter, with JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon warning that the strong environment...
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...
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BofA’s Sonali Theisen: Digital Assets Boost Fixed Income Efficiency
Digital assets have the potential to fundamentally reshape institutional markets via 24/7 trading, near-instant settlement, lower capital costs, and programmable infrastructure. As this evolution...
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...
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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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IG issuance across US and Europe up 20% on five-year average
US investment grade debt issuance has hit $1.7 trillion year to date (YTD) in 2025, a 12% increase year on year (YoY). That brings...
Olthof returns to ING
Rutger Olthof has rejoined ING as director of fixed income origination sales. He is based in Amsterdam.
ING reported €5.9 billion in total income for...
Technology : AI paradigms for bond trading
Understanding types of machine learning is key to building automation in bond markets, writes Lynn Strongin Dodds.
The difficulties of applying artificial intelligence (AI) and...
Paul Mutter takes major fixed income role at TD Securities
Following a string of recent high profile ex-Goldman appointments across the industry, TD Securities has tapped Goldman veteran Paul Mutter as managing director, head...
TransFICC: The Evolution of the Muni Market
Driven by volume growth and technology
By Bo-yun Liu, Director of Product Solutions, TransFICC
Taken in aggregate, the Muni market is roughly $4.2T Outstanding with $15.6B...
Price volatility in credit
We saw a big drop in average bid-ask spreads (>7%) for US investment grade (IG) last week, possibly a response to the massive levels...
Sell-side condemns SI regime as ELPs call for reform
Sell-side trade body the Association for financial markets in Europe (AFME) has voiced support for the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consultation on the...
FILS USA 2022: Where ESG fits in fixed income
Environmental, social and governance is expanding its reach in fixed income markets, though there remain concerns about standardization and data quality.
Speakers on the Friday...
FINBOURNE completes Series B funding round
FINBOURNE Technology has raised £55 million in Series B funding, led by Highland Europe and AVP. The firm remains majority employee owned.
The results follow...
Björkman joins Credit Suisse as the head of execution for fixed income
Mikael Björkman has joined Credit Suisse’s private bank as the head of Execution in Fixed Income, joining from UBS’ private bank where he was...
Mark Carney says bitcoin has ‘pretty much failed’ as money
Speaking at Regents University on 19 February, Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, said bitcoin, “has pretty much failed” on providing...
Swami takes on Singapore markets
Citi has promoted Nathan Swami to head of markets for Singapore, which Citi says is one of its key trading hubs in the APAC...
