Issuance of debt increasingly financing UK companies
Analysis of corporate financing across European, UK and US markets by the Association of Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has found that over the...
FILS USA: How ETFs drive adoption of new trading protocols
The critical role that portfolio trading plays in concentrated risk was laid bare in a discussion between Sanjay Jhamna, global head of credit trading...
FILS USA: Whither electronic bond trading?
Jenny Xiao of BlackRock and Chris Concannon of MarketAxess discuss the trends that are reshaping credit and rates markets in the Industry Crystal Ball...
FILS USA: Growing disparity in liquidity ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’
Panellists at this year’s Fixed Income Leaders Summit agreed that industry collaboration, experimentation and greater competition are needed to improve liquidity across the fixed...
On the Desk: David Walker – Trading with your feet on the ground
David Walker, head of fixed income trading at M&G Investments, discusses no-ego trading, the importance of direct contact with markets, and strong banks relationships.
How...
FILS USA: The three fierce battles for credit e-trading market share
Electronic trading in US fixed income is hotly contested between Bloomberg, MarketAxess, Tradeweb and Trumid all competing for market share of trading cash bonds...
High Yield issuance is taking off
Comparing corporate bond issuance volumes for 2023 and 2024, we can see that the pattern is frequently a high start to the year, with...
Tradeweb connects repo and IRS markets in electronic workflow
Multi-asset market operator, Tradeweb has launched features that bridge the firm’s repurchase agreements (repo) and interest rate swap (IRS) product offerings to support clients’...
Primary ignition – at both ends
Politics are being side lined in the battle for efficiency in primary markets for buyers, and for issuers.
The top operational priority for buy-side, and...
EXCLUSIVE: abrdn’s automation journey sees no-touch jump
Louise Drummond, global head of investment execution at abrdn, discusses the firm’s path towards workflow automation – an achievement that has been almost a...
