Primary market

Portfolio trading breaks into new markets

Emerging markets are adopting PT to add efficiency to liquidity sourcing, writes Matt Walters of MarketAxess. Portfolio trading has seen a lot of success and...

Exclusive: Bloomberg and S&P Global Market Intelligence collaborate on bond issuance

Bloomberg and S&P Global Market Intelligence have launched an integrated solution to streamline the syndicated primary bond market lifecycle. Bond market issuance has historically...

Yieldbroker partners with IHS Markit to support Australian bond issuance

Data, analytics and trading solutions provider IHS Markit is collaborating with Yieldbroker, the electronic trading platform for Australian and New Zealand debt securities and...

Primary markets see gradual progress as Investor Access reaches 600 buy-side users

A quick straw poll of buy-side traders suggests most believe the electronification of primary markets has stalled somewhat, with twice as many seeing progress...

Neil Kleinman to head up debt capital markets at Joseph Gunnar

Emerging growth markets-focused broker-dealer and investment bank, Joseph Gunnar & Co (JGUN), has appointed Neil Kleinman as head of debt capital markets. Kleinman will...

SMBC joins DirectBooks

DirectBooks, the capital markets consortium founded to make bond issuance more efficient, has seen SMBC Nikko Securities America, a member of SMBC Group, join...

FILS USA: How can high yield be traded efficiently in a risk off environment?

Banks are stepping back from taking risk in high yield trading. Trading in a risk-off environment in normal circumstances can be challenging as spreads...

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...

Liquidnet expands continental Europe coverage

Block trading specialist Liquidnet, part of the TP ICAP Group, has expanded its continental European coverage by deploying specialists in equities and fixed income...