November gives Tradeweb its second highest month’s ADV ever
Market operator Tradeweb has reported today total trading volume for November of US$18.7 trillion across its electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money...
Did UBS/CS deal terms just revalue the entire AT1 bond market?
Buy-side trading desks say they are looking at the risk of contagion across financials, following the takeover of troubled Credit Suisse by UBS, for...
Analysis: Electronic trading across US and European bond markets
Electronic trading of US credit erupted in May 2024, according to analysis of the US credit market by Coalition Greenwich. It found that investment...
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Citadel Securities’ new hires are reinforcing US credit market expansion
Citadel Securities has seen a spate of hirings on its credit trading teams in January 2024, supporting its expansion into the corporate bond space...
Moody’s: Speculative-grade credit default rate to rise in 2023
Moody’s Investor Services expects the global speculative-grade corporate default rate to rise in 2023 as slowing economic growth, higher input costs and rising interest...
Exclusive: MarketAxess trials new mid-point session protocol Mid-X
On Tuesday, MarketAxess ran the first session of a new mid-point matching tool, Mid-X, with over 50 participants. The new trading protocol is session-based...
US vs Europe: The transatlantic divide for corporate bond traders
The DESK examines the different sizes, protocols and feedback traders can use on each side of the Atlantic to execute corporate bond orders.
While US...
Implications of Atlanta Fed negative GDPNow score for US credit
The Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GDPNow estimate for real GDP growth in the US hit 2.4% on 6 March 2025, up from -2.8 percent on 3 March,...
On The DESK: Leaders in bond trading pinpoint risks and opportunities
We asked the buy-side traders we have profiled on The DESK for the past ten years to discuss the biggest changes they thought had...
DirectBooks launches platform for issuance of US corporate bonds; European expansion on cards
DirectBooks, the sell-side consortium founded to increase efficiency in the bond issuance process, has launched its core service to try and simplify communication of...
