Chinese equity sell-off leaves locals “more cautious” on debt
Buy-side traders in the Chinese debt markets are noting some effect from the equity sell-off, which was triggered by concern around government and regulatory...
Dealer engagement in multi-dealer platforms is growing
Sell-side firms appear to be increasing their engagement with corporate bond trading platforms. The narrative of increased bilateral trading between dealers and clients...
What’s big, green and keeps traders busy?
Bond issuance sizes in the ESG space are growing, and the average size of the deals are growing too. The proportion of benchmark-sized deals...
Sherpa Edge goes live
Outsourced trading provider, Sherpa Edge Trading, has gone live with Reception and Transmission of Order (RTO) services out of its offices in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The...
European bond traders struggle with block trades and counterparties
Analysis of the European and US corporate bond markets by Coalition Greenwich has found that block trades and counterparties are a far greater concern...
Tradeweb reports ADV in June up 35% year-on-year
Tradeweb has reported that its total trading volume for June 2021 reached US$23.1 trillion. Average daily volume (ADV) for the month was US$1.05 trillion,...
ISIN at issuance launched for Eurobonds by Origin
Origin Markets, the debt capital markets fintech, is launching an instant-ISIN feature, created in collaboration with international central securities depositary (ICSD) Clearstream, which is...
Sean George joins Millennium Capital Partners
Sean George has been named portfolio manager at Grace Court Capital, a credit fund division of Millennium Capital Partners, which has US$52 billion in...
Tangible returns from bond trade automation
Adoption of automated trading continues apace across several bond markets and within different grades of instrument. Gareth Coltman, global head of automation at MarketAxess,...
Sub-2bps bid-ask spreads in US IG are below pre-crisis levels
The US investment grade (IG) credit market is seeing very tight bid-ask spreads in 2021, according to the Composite Plus (CP+) data supplied by...
