Revisiting corporate credit amidst market volatility
By Edward Perks (Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer, Franklin Templeton Multi-Asset Solutions).
In 2018, rising inflation, higher US interest rates and escalating trade tensions...
IRS electronification: 20 years in the making
With the 20th anniversary of Tradeweb’s interest rate swaps (IRS) marketplace around the corner, the firm’s head of US institutional Rates, Bhas Nalabothula, looks...
Trading systems FIXed to Ipreo for bond issuance
Primary market specialist Ipreo has launched a FIX-messaging based system for integrating the Ipreo Investor Access platform, which allows investors to electronically submit orders directly to...
Investortools expands pricing capabilities with ficc.ai integration
The Investortools Dealer Network is set to expand its pricing capabilities by integrating ficc.ai’s live municipal pricing data.
By connecting to ficc.ai, clients will be...
Adams swaps JP Morgan for Wells Fargo
Charles Adams has joined Wells Fargo as a senior lead for European rates securities trading after almost 15 years at JP Morgan.
Based in London,...
European HY bond issuance saw 45% increase in 2023
High yield bond issuance reached €66 billion in 2023, up from €45 billion in 2022 which had been a record low.
The findings come...
BTIG appoints Flavio Paparella to emerging markets fixed income team
Financial services firm BTIG has appointed Flavio Paparella as managing director within its global emerging markets fixed income group.
Paparella, who will focus on Latin...
Santiago Braje joins PGGM
Industry veteran Santiago Braje has joined PGGM as senior investment manager, focusing on emerging markets debt.
In a statement the firm said, “He brings a...
Bloomberg launches market-driven daily credit risk indicator
Bloomberg is offering its Market-Implied Probability of Default (MIPD) product, a market-driven creditworthiness indicator, to both Enterprise Data and Bloomberg Terminal clients globally. MIPD...
Tradeweb and FTSE Russell launch closing prices for Euro govies
Multi-asset market operator, Tradeweb Markets, has collaborated with FTSE Russell to launch benchmark closing prices for European government bonds.
Calculated in accordance with the...
In uncertain times, corporate bond traders seek certainty of execution
Portfolio trading has emerged as a go-to mechanism to buy or sell many bonds at once.
Traders want the best price - but they also...
Derivatives: Buying the benchmark
By Fred Maple.
As ownership of fixed income indexes changes, buy-side traders are cautious of the impact. Fred Maple reports.
Three major purchases of fixed income...
