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“A fixed income price is not a fact. A fixed income price is an...

David LaRusso is the head of fixed income trading at Dimensional Fund Advisors, and has just celebrated his 25th anniversary at the firm. The...

Quantum computing ‘breakthrough’ has “more red flags than a People’s Liberation Army parade”

The claim by HSBC that noise in an IBM quantum computer helped deliver a 34% improvement in algorithmic trading performance has been disputed by...

Argentina’s battle for control

Argentina’s bond markets have been notoriously challenging for investors. Twenty years after the country underwent a major debt restructuring, and just five years after...

Bond traders predict data science/AI use explosion in 2026

The DESK’s Corporate Bond Liquidity Access Survey, supported by LTX, finds trading desks are on the cusp of change. Buy-side traders see 2026 as a turning...

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Credit is climbing, but unevenly

Analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence charts the rise of credit markets over the past year, and finds index levels are by 10-15% of...

What to do when credit goes quiet…

The low volumes in credit trading over summer created an opportunity for traders to engage in strategic projects that deliver longer-term benefits to the...

Analysing the split between US and EU investment grade trade sizes

Recent reports that high yield (HY) trades are increasing in size and investment grade (IG) are shrinking, have ignored the year-on-year growth of European...

What Mexico’s vol risk means for trading LatAm bonds

In Latin American (LatAm) markets, economic volatility may transfer into market volatility – most notably in Mexico. In order to manage risk and seize opportunities...

Investor Demand: IG private credit creates ‘attractive entry points’ for investors

Research by Aviva Investors has broken down the illiquidity premia paid via private debt markets, noting that it is improving for investors, even as...