Origination: SocGen’s Sogecap issues €800 mil in perpetual notes
Societe Generale’s life insurance company Sogecap has issued €800 million in restricted Tier 1 perpetual notes.
Perpetual notes have no maturity date, and are non-redeemable....
Lombard Odier taps Neptune Networks for real-time axe data
Geneva-based Bank Lombard Odier has partnered with fixed income network Neptune Networks to offer its traders and advisers real-time axe data.
Lombard Odier clients can...
Measuring implicit costs and market impact in credit trading
Evaluating the quality of a bond trade is made complex by the multiple dynamics which impact quality, and the frequent absence of data to...
Report: China’s pension stress represents opportunity for global buy side
Global asset managers should take note of the investment opportunities presented by China’s pension fund market as the space embraces much-needed reform and technological...
Traders call time on outsized European market open hours
Buy- and sell-side traders have called for Europe to review its equity market open periods, which at eight and half hours is over 30%...
PIMCO to use Algomi ALFA for liquidity sourcing
PIMCO, one of the world’s largest fixed income investment managers by assets under management will begin using Algomi ALFA, the pre-trade data aggregator for...
Viewpoint : CDM : Massimo Morini & Andrea Prampolini
CDM FOR SECURITIES: THE MISSING DIGITAL LINGUA FRANCA?
By Massimo Morini, head of interest rates & credit models, and Andrea Prampolini, head of financial markets...
Private equity sponsored debt activity momentum accelerated in Q4
Unitranche financing reached new heights, with Q4 closing at 150 transactions—up 28% from Q3—and an annual total of 489 deals, marking a 38% increase...
This Week from Trader TV: Paul Flood, Newton Investment Management
Newton IM: Growth optimism drives markets, but valuations and liquidity risks loom
Equity markets have been rallying on renewed U.S. growth expectations and broad market...
Glimpse Markets launches data-sharing for buy-side trading desks
Glimpse Markets, a new post-trade data sharing platform for fixed income, aims to turn data costs of the buy-side on their head, by providing...
Ancoa goes into adminstration
Cinnober Financial Technology has acquired the assets of Ancoa Software, the UK-based market surveillance specialist company, as a going concern. Terms of the deal have...
Rules & Ratings: UnitedHealth Group credit outlooks downgraded to negative
AM Best has reassigned UnitedHealth Group’s credit ratings outlooks from stable to negative in anticipation of poor 2025 performance in its Medicare Advantage segment.
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