CUSIP issuance up YoY, but March decline signals concern
Year-to-date CUSIP issuance, which is indicative of new debt securities being issued, has increased year-to-date against 2024 figures, according to CUSIP Global Services (CGS).
Its latest...
Danske Markets veteran jumps to BGC business development
Bernadette Kelly has joined BGC Group as a business development manager.
Based in London, she will work with the short-term interest rate (STIR) trading teams.
Kelly...
Indian bond market growth draws international attention
Indian capital markets are booming – and fixed income is playing a crucial role. International investors are seeking to cash in on the success,...
ESMA confirms data headaches for non-equity instruments
Trading venues and approved publication arrangements (APAs) – or post-trade data aggregators – are not always complying with the requirement to make available data...
Clearlake Capital and Motive Partners to acquire BETA+ from LSEG
Private equity firms Clearlake Capital Group and Motive Partners have agreed to acquire the BETA+ assets from London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), encompassing the...
First Sentier connects Flowlinx via FlexTrade to access EM liquidity data
Asset manager First Sentier Investors has connected to Flowlinx liquidity via execution and order management system (E/OMS) provider FlexTrade.
Flowlinx is designed to simplify block...
Insights and analysis: Goldman cuts US recession probability to 30%
In a research piece from 21 June, Goldman Sachs economist Jan Hatzius provides an improved outlook on US economic conditions as tariffs expectations stabilised....
Corporate bond trade sizes climb in Europe
Total notional traded in European corporate bonds reached €5,397 billion in 2024, according to ICMA’s latest Secondary Market Data Report, an 11.8% increase on...
Market Structure: New risk and liquidity in the US Treasury market
Significant changes in counterparties and market structure have transformed US Treasury market activity.
Dealer-to-client trading has overtaken interdealer markets in volume traded according to analyst...
Liquidnet Credit revenue hits £11 million, splits from Liquidnet Equities
Liquidnet Credit, part of interdealer broker, data and services provider TP ICAP, saw revenues grew to £11 million in 2023 according to a spokesperson...
Schroders picks Propellant for transparency data analytics
Schroders has integrated Propellant Digital’s fixed income transparency data product.
Propellant’s offering provides pre-trade data including real-time market activity, historical trade prices and aggregated trade...
European bid-ask credit spreads not assuaged by tariff roll back
Liquidity costs in European corporate bond trading remain elevated, after the tariff shock in early April saw bid-ask spreads widen significantly across markets, according...
