Credit

Rise of the EM platform

Trading EM bonds electronically is showing growth, despite the challenges in matching. Chris Hall reports. Emerging Market (EM) debt trading volumes recorded a 21% year-on-year...

Buy-side firms warn on herding effect of QE

By Aulia Beg. Portfolio managers have expressed concern about the ‘herding’ behaviour within the investment community, resulting from central banks’ quantitative easing (QE) programmes. In a...

Corporate bonds : E/OMS politics : Anna Reitman

GATEKEEPERS TO LIQUIDITY. E/OMS providers need to overcome political hurdles to help the buy side navigate credit’s fractured markets. Anna Reitman investigates. Vendors and brokers that...

Corporate bonds : How big is credit? : Joel Clark

STANDING ROOM ONLY FOR CREDIT PLATFORMS. As corporate bond trading platforms do battle, the size of the prize is not clear. Joel Clark reports. How much...

ICAP and the buy side – the beginning of something?

A consensus-led approach has allowed the interdealer broker to overcome political challenges, as brokers open a channel for their investment management clients. Dan Barnes...

Missing liquidity – Zen and the art of liquidity maintenance

Regulators cannot find the liquidity problem that traders see daily, threatening to set rules for game ‘A’, when game ‘B’ is played out in the markets. Chris...

Industry viewpoint : Mike du Plessis : UBS

COMING TO TERMS WITH THE NEXT PHASE OF MARKET TRANSFORMATION. By Mike du Plessis, Managing Director, UBS Global Head of FX, Rates & Credit Execution...

Corporate Bonds : Shuttering & Buffeting : Lynn Strongin Dodds

NETS CAST WIDE AS HIGH YIELD IS SPREAD THIN. With Third Avenue and Lucidus putting high yield in the headlines, traders and portfolio managers are defining...