Origination: Issuer profile – BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas was the largest bond issuer in Europe in Q2 2025, with €7 billion of debt placed in the market. In total it...
Market Analysis: Pressure on US dealing desks is changing priorities in 2020
New analysis of market activity this year has observed that while issuance is “racing toward historic annual highs” there is no corresponding increase in...
Focus on China’s property sector
The charts we focus on this week are from CreditSights, and look at the issuance and outstanding bonds for Evergrande, the Chinese property developer...
MiFIR and MiFID II: Council adopts rules to support market data transparency
The Council of the European Union has adopted changes to the EU’s trading rules concerning the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) and the Markets in Financial Instruments...
Tradeweb integrates Nasdaq U.S. Fixed Income platform
Tradeweb Markets, a leading, global operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets, announced it has achieved the final significant technology...
Jan-Hendrik Röske joins Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Jan-Hendrik Röske has joined the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) as principal for developed markets rates and FX.
The pension plan holds CA$255.8 billion in...
How much credit should dealers get – and for how much risk?
There is a tension between best execution obligations and the longer-term value of a dealer supporting liquidity provision. Buy-side traders are aware that their...
Interactive Brokers extends trading hours for US Treasuries
Interactive Brokers, an automated global electronic broker, has expanded trading hours for US Treasury bonds on its platform, allowing the firm’s global clients to...
Exclusive: Spencer Lee joins TS Imagine as chief markets officer; sets out strategy
TS Imagine, the trading, portfolio, and risk management system provider, has announced Spencer Lee is joining as chief markets officer, to lead the firm’s...
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...
Viewpoint : Technology for OFTR securities : Susan Estes
Time to awaken the sleeping giant
Susan Estes, Co-Founder, CEO & President of OpenDoor Securities
The tripling in size of the US Treasuries market over the...
Barclays names Brad Rogoff global research head
Barclays has appointed Brad Rogoff global head of research, effective 1 October 2024.
Currently the head of FICC research, Rogoff is based in New York...
