The summer lull barely touches emerging markets
Trading volumes in fixed income markets typically start the year high and gradually fall, matching issuance and refinancing patterns along with investment allocation decisions....
The US: Too big to Fitch?
Ratings agency Fitch has downgraded the United States’ long-term credit ratings to AA+ from AAA and removed the rating ‘Watch Negative’ stating “ reflects...
Implied cost of liquidity falling, with US high yield an exception
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...
Issuance pushes outstanding global debt up 6.2%
Companies around the world took on US$456 billion of net new debt in 2022/23, as of 31 March 2023, pushing the outstanding total up...
ICMA fills in the blanks on MiFID II agreement
A new article written by the regulatory team at the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA), has shed light on details in the agreed text...
EM stabilising could encourage market makers
Emerging market activity has seen a reduction in volatility in the first half of the year, with both volumes and pricing levels falling slightly,...
Examining the (Thames) Water fall
In 2013 when markets still looked precarious amid the fallout from the financial crisis, utilities were a good investment.
With a near cast-iron cashflow...
Liquidity costs ticking up as the heat rises
Summer is seeing the cost of trading in fixed income markets begin to tick up again, as bid ask spreads begin to widen, according...
Aligning issuance and recession risk
Data from Dealogic is indicating highly variable bond issuance patterns in the US, European Union and UK markets, year-to-date.
This is understandable given the rapidly...
Feeling the credit crunch in high yield trading
Trading costs for high yield bonds have been elevated on both sides of the Atlantic. The US saw a big jump in bid-ask spreads...
