CMSA – The drive to change industry dialogue in corporate bond markets
To create a wider dialogue around industry change, the Credit Market Structure Alliance (CMSA) is building an event with a democratic agenda.
The DESK: Why...
FMSB publishes final standard for the sharing of investor allocation information
The FICC Markets Standards Board (FMSB) has published the final standard for the sharing of investor allocation information in the fixed income primary markets.
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EC to review mandatory buy-in rules under CSDR
The European Commission has stated that it will review the mandatory buy-in rules under the Central Securities Depository Regime (CSDR). The comments were made...
How the ICMA got firm on bond pricing
Buy-side traders have long decried the lack of executable price in bond markets. For the best part of a decade the electrification of these...
AFME confirms HY deals on par with pre-Covid levels
In a new report on high yield (HY) bonds and leveraged loans, the Association of Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has found that since...
Tabb Group event: Concern regarding Reg ATS expansion
On 9 March the Tabb Group’s ‘Fixed Income Trading and Best Execution Summit’ heard that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) concept release around...
SIFMA finds support for shift in benchmarking of 20-year US corporate bonds
The spread for many legacy 20-year US corporate bonds is benchmarked against the 30-year Treasury, but trade body SIFMA has found support for moving...
FILS Day 2: Heat around the consolidated bond tape
One of the more positive messages from the second day of the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit (FILS) was regarding positive progress on the development...
Me the Money Show – Automating bond trading & COVID 19
https://vimeo.com/454153688
In this week's show, Terry Flanagan, editor of Markets Media, talks to Dan Barnes about the ongoing automation of bond trading and the challenges...
Buy side issues framework to standardise bond issuance
The Credit Roundtable, a buy-side lobby group for bondholder protection has issued an ‘Investment Grade Primary Best Practices Framework’ designed to improve bond issuance.
The...
