Chart of the week: Get in early

Chart of the week: Get in early

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Access to primary bond markets has been a headline topic for buy-side traders over the last four years. As issuance volumes have grown, rising...
TRACE recalibration exposes double counting

TRACE recalibration exposes double counting

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An adjustment to bond trade reporting to TRACE, the US post-trade reporting tape for fixed income, has cut the volume of trades arranged via...
S&P Global: European bonds slump to lowest first-half volume since financial crisis

S&P Global: European bonds slump to lowest first-half volume since financial crisis

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By Thomas Beeston European high-yield bond issuance is set for the lowest first-half total since the global financial crisis, as volatile interest rates and fears...
Pre-Trade data strategy: Optimizing protocol selection in European Credit

Pre-Trade data strategy: Optimizing protocol selection in European Credit

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By Chris Egan & Aria Pattinson-Spiers: A decision that clients often face is which trading route to take—a high touch or low touch approach....
Refinancing debt: New bonds, old problem

Refinancing debt: New bonds, old problem

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A new paper from Bank of America’s credit strategist Neha Khoda and Adam Vogel has found that bond issuers are facing a significant increase in costs...
A flying start to 2024 in European bonds may punish traders

A flying start to 2024 in European bonds may punish traders

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The new year has seen a flying start in bond issuance in Europe, with a strong start relative to recent years driving €8.6 billion...
Emerging markets’ uneasy calm

Emerging markets’ uneasy calm

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Bid-ask spreads for fixed income trading in emerging markets have stabilised after a tumultuous year in 2022, according to TraX data, triggered by the...
Implied cost of liquidity falling, with US high yield an exception

Implied cost of liquidity falling, with US high yield an exception

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Volumes in the corporate bond markets have been picking back up, relative to bid-ask spreads, indicating an improving liquidity picture across the US and...
Competition for debt issuance fierce as activity remains

Competition for debt issuance fierce as activity remains

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Primary debt markets are likely to be a major revenue earner for dealers facing tighter margins in secondary bond markets. Issuance has started strongly...
Measuring digital bond issuance

Measuring digital bond issuance

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The use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) to issue bonds can tackle several concerns in the debt markets. Firstly, it reduces the fragmented information...

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