Scotland rated AA/Aa3 ahead of debut ‘kilt’ bonds
Scotland has received its first standalone credit ratings from Moody’s and S&P Global, with both agencies placing the Scottish Government on the same high...
How big can systematic trading get in credit?
Investors can achieve significant advantages though systematic trading, such as reduction of trader/investor bias, and responsiveness to signals. However, there are limits to the...
Rules & Ratings: Italy in “strong position” to weather tariffs, S&P says
S&P Global Ratings has raised its unsolicited long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings for Italy to BBB+, with a stable outlook. Short-term...
Macquarie Asset Management names Vivek Bommi head of leveraged credit
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) has named Vivek Bommi as head of leveraged credit.
In this role, based in Philadelphia, Bommi will be responsible for the...
Trading hacks and force multipliers for the smaller trading team
Faced with rising trading volumes and falling returns, buy-side bond desks are frequently either shrinking or at best struggling to match resource with requirements.
We...
Opinion: The turning of the (Green) tide?
Market opinion by Jannah Patchay, Markets Evolution.
This year’s City Week event, held on the 21st and 22nd September 2020, was notable for its focus...
Propellant.digital secures funding from Volta Ventures
Trading analytics fintech Propellant.digital has secured an undisclosed strategic investment from Volta Ventures.
Co-founded by CEO, Vincent Grandjean, the platform tries to maximise the...
Arabadjief joins First Eagle
First Eagle Investments has appointed Justin Arabadjief as head of high grade trading for municipal credit as it continues to build out its investment...
Symphony acquires StreetLinx
Symphony has acquired the counterparty mapping platform StreetLinx, thereby adding over 200 institutional counterparties to the 1000+ institutions it reports are currently using Symphony....
Seeing through the pricing mirage
Traders and PMs found real value in using axes over onscreen prices during the recent liquidity crisis.
Neptune’s streaming of dealer axes continues to grow in value...
MarketAxess Mid-X launches in US
MarketAxess has made Mid-X, its anonymous session-based matching protocol, live for US market participants after its initial launch in Q4 2020 with European participants.
The...
In 2021 we see record secondary markets trading for European Government Bonds
By Emile Figueiras, European Government Bond Product Specialist, MarketAxess
Secondary market volumes in European government bonds (EGBs) have grown significantly over the last 2 years....
