Origination: Government bond supply next week
Nominal supply of bonds scheduled in the Euro area next week is expected to level at €17.8 billion of European government bonds (EGBs), according...
Selling the dip
Credit investors may see the relative calm in the market at present as a point at which to trade into safer positions, according to...
Jefferies: Fixed income ETFs drive transformation of the market
The impact of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the fixed income market cannot be overstated, agreed speakers at Jefferies’ ‘New Investing Frontiers – Explore the...
Insights and Analysis: Citadel Securities challenges primary market conflicts
A year ago, rumours in the bond markets suggested that Citadel Securities might be planning a move into bond issuance, a move which buy-side...
CUSIP issuance up YoY, but March decline signals concern
Year-to-date CUSIP issuance, which is indicative of new debt securities being issued, has increased year-to-date against 2024 figures, according to CUSIP Global Services (CGS).
Its latest...
Electric dreams in global rates markets
Electronic trading between dealers and buy-side institutions is taking different paths in government bond markets, globally. Lucy Carter investigates.
“We have seen growth in the electronification of...
Insights & Analysis: Pricing freedom
The street is waiting anxiously for the announcement and impact of all the trade tariffs to be announced on 'Liberation Day’; the term the...
Bloomberg backs Moroccan FX and govie market buildouts
The central bank of Morocco, Bank Al-Maghrib, has adopted Bloomberg’s Foreign Exchange Electronic Trading (FXGO) and E-bond (EBND) platforms.
The interbank derivatives market for foreign...
Exclusive: Competition fails to cut prices for FX dealers
When Bloomberg announced, in Q4 2024, that it was to start charging dealers for using FXGO, its foreign exchange trading service, a number of...
US markets seeing risk implied in bid-ask spread
While US stock markets are in turmoil, US investment grade bond markets are also reflecting the greater uncertainty caused by an erratic approach to...
