Weakening dollar plays havoc with sovereign bond values
In August 2026, the dollar value of Korea treasury bonds increased by US$51.8bn. But only US$13.41bn of that was new issuance. The rest was...
Daga leads FX options at Nomura
Mukund Daga has been named global head of FX options trading at Nomura. He is based in Singapore.
He reports to Anshul Sidher, head of...
TTFX: Poor datasets make decisions a challenge
Trading is an information game, and the amount of information available to the market is constantly increasing. At TradeTech FX Europe, the importance of...
Sense Street, S&P partner on issuance automation
Sense Street has partnered with S&P Global Market Intelligence to improve automation in the primary bond markets.
Sense Street takes unstructured chat communications between sales...
AbbVie issues US$10 billion to fund Apogee acquisition
American pharmaceutical research and development firm AbbVie issued US$10 billion in bonds during August.
Split across nine tranches, net proceeds from the notes are expected...
Alphabet leads August issuance race
Alphabet, the holding company of Google, completed the largest corporate bond issuance globally this month with US$24.15 billion in US dollar-denominated bonds.
The firm accomplished...
RBC CM appoints Connor
Jonathan Connor has joined RBC Capital Markets as a euro investment grade (IG) corporate bond trader.
He is based in London and reports to Europe...
Jane Street launches giant bond issuance
Jane Street has issued US$14.6 billion in senior secured notes as it restructures its corporate funding profile.
The bumper issuance dwarfs the market maker’s activity...
Mediolanum taps Tapley
Stephen Tapley has joined Mediolanum International – Ireland as deputy head of high yield.
He is based in Dublin. Martin Reeves has been head of...
Dan joins Citi
Matteo Dan has joined Citi’s interest rates sales team after almost two decades at UBS.
He is based in London.
Within its fixed income market revenues,...
