I just dropped in to see what condition my credit was in…
Credit conditions are in the headlines following several private credit defaults, and the debt-fuelled, forward investment in data centres which are expected to underpin...
It is EMS time for credit traders
The value proposition for execution management systems (EMSs) in fixed income markets has seen an about face in the past year. Buy-side firms who...
Review: Mixed bond trading revenues in choppy first quarter
Banks have seen mixed results from bond trading in the first quarter of 2023, across credit and rates, while electronic trading platforms have seen...
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...
Decision trees (and how to climb them)
Making the working lives of credit traders better is The DESK’s mission. Traders are time poor, and systematising trading allows them to free up...
Bigger / smaller: What sizes are optimal for electronic trading?
Credit trading has been transformed by evolving electronic execution, which has allowed buy-side desks to express investment ideas in to the market using more...
How big can systematic trading get in credit?
Investors can achieve significant advantages though systematic trading, such as reduction of trader/investor bias, and responsiveness to signals. However, there are limits to the...
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...
ING issues first commercial paper trade via Onbrane
ING Bank has completed its first Euro Commercial Paper (CP) transaction, issued by Dutch company Royal Friesland Campina, on the Onbrane platform for primary...
How a credit sell-off might unfold…
Someone, somewhere, is cooking the books
In 2007, I explained the risks of cumulative capital market investments to a friend as a series of interconnected...
