How traders weathered the Treasury sell-off
The US Treasury’s auction of seven-year notes last Thursday saw the lowest investor appetite ever, according to some sources, leaving primary dealers holding the...
EC: ESMA should run consolidated tape for fixed income
By Flora McFarlane.
An expert group organised by the European Commission to analyse the European corporate bond market has issued recommendations aiming to make issuance...
Second quarter issuance recovers after soft April and May
Morgan Stanley has reported that June issuance increased 13% year-on-year (YoY) following a 34% drop in April and 3% decline in May.
“Strong June issuance...
FILS USA: The most valuable fixed income asset is ‘People’
Much of the talk at last week's Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Boston centred around the mechanics of buying and selling bonds: data and...
The Book: Supermicro prices US$2 billion convertible senior notes due 2030
Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), commonly known as Supermicro, announced the pricing of a US$2.0 billion private offering of convertible senior notes due...
Frans de Wit is new head of trading at PGGM
Frans de Wit, the investment director for Treasury, Trading & Commodities at Dutch pension fund manager PGGM, has been named head of trading, following...
Investor Demand: Aized Rabbani joins First Eagle Investments direct lending team
Expanding its direct lending origination team, First Eagle Investments has appointed Aized Rabbani as managing director of origination. Vice president Aaron Kirsch has moved...
Fitz Partners: Fund revenue margins drop 10% in 3 years, multi-asset offers hope
In the latest edition of its ‘Investment Advisory Fee Benchmarking Report’, fund research company Fitz Partners has looked at the different costs which make...
Brooksbank named senior portfolio manager at Vanguard
Vanguard has named Dale Brooksbank as senior portfolio manager. Brooksbank has a long career as a well-respected and senior buy-side trader, with a strong...
Record corporate and municipal trading volumes at ICE Bonds
ICE Bonds has record trading volumes for corporate and municipal bonds in H1 2025.
A total US$120 billion in corporate bonds was traded on the...
What’s all the fuss about… the US Treasury market?
Who is kicking up a fuss about US government bonds?
A new paper published by Darrell Duffie for the Jackson Hole Symposium entitled ‘Resilience redux...
Price volatility in credit
We saw a big drop in average bid-ask spreads (>7%) for US investment grade (IG) last week, possibly a response to the massive levels...
