The US: Too big to Fitch?
Ratings agency Fitch has downgraded the United States’ long-term credit ratings to AA+ from AAA and removed the rating ‘Watch Negative’ stating “ reflects...
Implied cost of liquidity falling, with US high yield an exception
Volumes in the corporate bond markets have been picking back up, relative to bid-ask spreads, indicating an improving liquidity picture across the US and...
Analysis: Market response to US Treasury’s increased borrowing needs
The US Treasury’s need to increase debt issuance, beyond market expectations, has had several effects. Firstly there was a ratings downgrade of the USA...
Candriam promotes bond chief to CIO
Candriam, the global multi-asset manager has appointed Nicolas Forest, Candriam’s global head of fixed income since 2013, as its new chief investment officer (CIO),...
SIFMA finds support for shift in benchmarking of 20-year US corporate bonds
The spread for many legacy 20-year US corporate bonds is benchmarked against the 30-year Treasury, but trade body SIFMA has found support for moving...
BrokerTec launches dealer-to-client repo execution platform into US markets
Market operator BrokerTec, part of the CME Group, has made its dealer-to-client request-for-quote (RFQ) trading platform, BrokerTec Quote, available to the US repo market...
AFME confirms HY deals on par with pre-Covid levels
In a new report on high yield (HY) bonds and leveraged loans, the Association of Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has found that since...
Tradeweb announces JSCC clearing for MTF and SEF Yen swaps
Multi-asset market operator, Tradeweb has reported that institutional clients executing Japanese Yen swaps on its multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) and swap execution facilities (SEFs)...
KazMunayGas lists US$2.75 billion of Eurobonds on LSE
London Stock Exchange (LSE) has seen its largest issuance of corporate bonds from the CIS region since 2014. Kazakh oil and gas company, KazMunayGas,...
The implication of falling US HY Issuance
Anecdotally, we hear that new issuance of high yield bonds in European markets directly impacted secondary market liquidity. Looking at the latest data from...
