Get your trade dressed to kill (or execute)
Getting a trade to look attractive to a counterparty gets harder the more illiquid, large, and specific it is. As the purpose of a...
Have credit e-trading platforms just been liberated in US markets?
The removal of key legislative proposals in the US capital markets is potentially allowing electronic trading platforms to develop entirely new ways of trading...
Rosy picture for credit dealers as they lower IR risk
US dealer exposure to interest rate risk in their investment grade (IG) bond inventories hit its lowest level for twelve months in week of...
Signalling risk in credit, if one counterparty is 50% volume
How do you avoid information leakage? Does this change if half the market is trading with a single counterparty? Knowing that electronic market maker,...
Intelligent application of artificial intelligence in credit
A picture has emerged of the future credit desk for buy-side traders, from discussions at the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit in Washington DC last...
When volatility improves credit liquidity
Credit market liquidity has been positive in the first half of 2025, despite the high levels of volatility.
There are several dynamics which might be...
Portfolio trading sees first decline of 2025
Capped estimated investment grade (IG) and high yield (HY) portfolio trading volumes were the highest year-to-date in April 2025, representing approximately 10% of total...
Selling the dip
Credit investors may see the relative calm in the market at present as a point at which to trade into safer positions, according to...
Worsening credit outlook does not hurt credit trading
The corporate bond market has stood up to the test of tariffs – but will the corporate environment? As earnings season kicks in, companies...
Corporate bond trade sizes climb in Europe
Total notional traded in European corporate bonds reached €5,397 billion in 2024, according to ICMA’s latest Secondary Market Data Report, an 11.8% increase on...
