US credit sees elevated bid-ask spreads
Bid-ask spread remain elevated in US markets across investment grade and high yield, relative to January and February, according to MarketAxess Trax data, which...
H1 growth at LSEG buoyed by Tradeweb success
LSEG once again led their capital markets results with Tradeweb’s successes in H1 2024. Total revenue of £880 million, up 13.4% year-on-year (YoY), was...
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...
Karim Awenat – naturally curious
Karim Awenat, Invesco's head of fixed income trading, London discusses the skillsets, culture and technology needed to navigate the bond markets.
What are the challenges...
Analysis: Fixed income e-trading platforms still seeing outperformance in March
Major electronic bond trading platforms have reported record trading volumes across several sectors of fixed income, supporting the contention that increased adoption last year...
Aegon: Emerging market debt strong as sovereign default fears dissipate
Emerging Market Debt (EMD) is enjoying a “favourable” start to 2024, with growth, falling inflation and monetary easing trends across emerging economies acting as...
Halila Mazin joins KNG Securities
KNG Securities, the fixed income investment banking boutique, has appointed former Barclays distressed and emerging markets (EM) debt specialist, Halila Mazin, as fixed income...
CSDR settlement regime ‘out’ as UK sets new path
The UK has halted compliance with the settlement regime of the European Central Securities Depository (CSDR) rules, which traders had fought hard against, due...
Strong start of the year in electronic credit trading
Electronic credit markets started 2025 on a strong note, with January's total credit average daily volume (ADV) showing robust growth across platforms. Trumid reported...
Bond market growth slumped in 2018
By Pia Hecher.
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Data Indices, the information provider, has reported that the total outstanding debt across global bond markets only grew by...
Industry viewpoint: Fabrizio Testa, MTS
Innovation in the age of electronic fixed income trading.
Fabrizio Testa, CEO of MTS
What trends have characterised the bond markets that MTS facilitates over the last year?
The...
ECB taps Tradeweb, Bloomberg for electronic trading platforms
Tradeweb and Bloomberg have been tapped by the European Central Bank (ECB) to provide electronic trading platforms for the central bank and other Eurosystem...
