Low issuance volumes may impact the momentum to reform primary markets
Platforms keen to emphasise longer term commitment to electronification and greater automation.
Multiple platforms have been launched to drive increased efficiency in managing bond issuance,...
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...
Mizuho and Credit Suisse join DirectBooks
DirectBooks, the capital markets consortium developing bond issuance technology to increase primary market efficiency has announced that Mizuho and Credit Suisse have joined its...
DirectBooks live with euro and sterling investment grade deals
Sell-side consortium DirectBooks, is now live with Euro and Sterling Investment Grade bond deal announcements on its bond issuance platform. The platform launched in...
Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, US Bancorp and Wells Fargo back Versana digital loan platform
Versana has announced the addition of four new banks – Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, US Bancorp and Wells Fargo – as investors in its...
Scotiabank, Rabo Securities and Huntington Capital Markets join DirectBooks
DirectBooks, the capital markets consortium founded to optimise the bond issuance process has signed up Scotiabank, Rabo Securities and Huntington Capital Markets to join...
Credit Agricole, R. Seelaus & Co. and Siebert Williams Shank join DirectBooks
Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, R. Seelaus & Co. and Siebert Williams Shank have joined the primary bond market platform operator DirectBooks. The...
Call for regulatory reform of primary markets
By Chris Hall.
Panellists were split on whether regulatory intervention is needed to improve transparency and efficiency in a debate on electronification and standardisation of...
FILS 2021: Liquidnet gives detail on new primary market offering
Liquidnet’s primary market offering for the bond market was laid out by Dan Hinxman, head of sales for Liquidnet Fixed Income at the Fixed...
Exclusive: Stacey Parsons joins PrimaryBid
Capital markets technology firm, PrimaryBid, has appointed Stacey Parsons as managing director and head of fixed income. Parsons’ appointment is expected to accelerate PrimaryBid’s...
