Bid-ask spread volatility highest in US bond markets
When comparing liquidity across markets in 2025, buy-side bond traders may consider European investment grade markets to have an optimal set of characteristics. However,...
Dealogic: DCM deals in 2025 up 18% on five-year average
The preliminary view of 2025 capital markets deals, published by Dealogic, has found that global DCM volume delivered a total of US$9.5 trillion, 19%...
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...
US credit activity dropped off a cliff in late November
Analysis of US corporate bond market activity has found that trading volumes and counts plummeted going into the final month of the year. A...
BofA: deluge of hyperscaler issuance steady at US$100bn in 2026
According to Yuri Seliger and Sohyun Marie Lee, credit strategists at Bank of America, in a note published on 17 November, the total of...
Credit trades’ double-figure yearly growth proves liquidity dividend
The gradual growth in trade sizes for European corporate bond trades is made clear in the latest MarketAxess TraX data comparison for data from...
MarketAxess: CP+™ for ETFs: Improving ETF portfolio management with predictive pricing
In a recent conversation, Kat Sweeney (Global Head of ETFs and Data Solutions at MarketAxess) and Jeff Lenamon (Head of Portfolio Construction & Senior...
Issuance tracking down in lower rated debt
Issuance of lower rated bonds and leveraged loans across Europe and the US fell in October, according to analysis by investment bank Morgan Stanley,...
Trade size disparity in US credit speaks volumes about balance sheet
Analysis of trading activity in the US corporate bond market shows that investment grade (IG) bonds are seeing greater moves towards larger order sizes...
Bid-ask spreads expanding in European credit
European credit traders have seen bid-ask spreads expand over the past two weeks, however this follows a notable tightening since summer, according to data...
