Origination: Issuer profile – BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas was the largest bond issuer in Europe in Q2 2025, with €7 billion of debt placed in the market. In total it...
European credit volumes plummet as US stays buoyant
European corporate bond markets have seen trading volumes and trade count collapse going into summer, as the holiday period provides some respite for tired...
Traders welcome India’s bond e-trading evolution as regulator shows teeth
The Indian bond market provides a conundrum for investment traders, who fight to gain access to liquidity and pricing information on behalf of their...
BNY and Goldman Sachs launch tokenised money market fund shares
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and Goldman Sachs have announced a collaborative initiative in which BNY is expected to use blockchain technology...
Ham leads Barclays IB
Alex Ham has been named global chairman of investment banking at Barclays, effective early 2026.
In the London-based role, Ham is responsible for furthering Barclays’...
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...
Second quarter issuance recovers after soft April and May
Morgan Stanley has reported that June issuance increased 13% year-on-year (YoY) following a 34% drop in April and 3% decline in May.
“Strong June issuance...
EM traders ride out the chaos
It would be understandable if trading in emerging markets (EM) debt were becoming more expensive as risk increased in many markets it makes up,...
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,...
