Great Expectations (on rate cuts)
The latest BofA Global Fund Manager Survey has found that 76% of respondents expect two or more Fed cuts in 2024 versus 8% who...
Buy side hails positive development of STP for bond issuance
Risk warning lights flashing on buy-side trading desks could be assuaged thanks to industry collaboration on primary markets.
It seems incongruous that the 50-year old...
Country focus: India’s bond markets in an election year
India has an upcoming election on 19 April, which the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is widely...
Analysis: Impact of debt issuance on sell-side revenues in Q1
Strong bond issuance in the first quarter (Q1) is galvanising performance of debt capital market teams at investment banks, in turn creating optimism amongst...
European HY bond issuance saw 45% increase in 2023
High yield bond issuance reached €66 billion in 2023, up from €45 billion in 2022 which had been a record low.
The findings come...
Balls calls for UK to adopt a more risk-assertive culture
Ed Balls, former economic secretary to the UK Treasury & shadow chancellor, has called for the UK to adopt a risk-positive culture in order...
Hargreaves Lansdown offers retail investors access to gilts in primary market
Hargreaves Lansdown is giving its clients access to Debt Management Office (DMO) Gilt auctions.
Tim Jacobs, head of primary markets, Hargreaves Lansdown, says, “This...
The big issue
Corporate bond issuance has boomed at the start of 2024, at a point when rates are peaking. They may not be that high in...
Connecting the primary and secondary credit workflows
With issuance at near record highs in the first week of the year, credit market traders are keen to make more effective use of...
Why buy-side firms are building their own primary market tools
Interoperability is not a competitive issue; clients will build it if platforms do not supply it.
There is not a consensus on who should make the bond...
