MarketAxess loses grip on US credit e-trading
At the end of last month, MarketAxess was acquired by ICE and announced that it would no longer publish its monthly statistics. Data from...
Acadian’s Michael Doros on the future of systematic credit trading
As credit markets become increasingly electronic, systematic managers are gaining new opportunities to scale research, improve execution, and optimize portfolios in real time. Traders...
Tradeweb brings spread trading to European credit portfolios
Tradeweb has launched spread trading for European credit portfolios.
Institutional investors are able to negotiate pricing in data points relative to a government bond benchmark,...
Credit Commentary: Credit calm masks a trillion-dollar AI issuance wave
Credit calm masks a trillion-dollar AI issuance wave
By Janaka Ariyasena, HY Credit Trader and Portfolio Manager. Ex Seaport Europe and Rubrics Asset Management.
Credit markets...
Will credit transparency beget credit liquidity?
After years of false starts and fragmented post-trade reporting, the fixed income markets in the UK and Europe are on the cusp of a...
Bloomberg and DirectBooks collaborate on primary market workflows
Bloomberg and DirectBooks have announced a collaboration on automated primary bond market workflows is now live.
The collaboration brings together DirectBooks and TSOX, Bloomberg’s fixed...
Why high yield dealer relationships are (potentially) more valuable
It is no surprise that trading costs are higher in high yield (HY) markets, but data from MarketAxess TraX, which measure activity across bond...
CME: Credit futures surge
Credit futures surge as investors seek capital-efficient risk tools
Credit futures are gaining traction among institutional investors as a capital-efficient way to manage corporate credit...
Defaults creep higher in leveraged credit markets
Credit markets are navigating one of their most challenging environments in years, with default rates climbing across both public and private debt. The consequences...
How portfolio trading can prompt a rethink for credit TCA
Portfolio trading (PT) has grown significantly in corporate bond markets, and it creates some meaningful complications for transaction cost analysis and market data.
Portfolio trades...
