Why are European IG Bid-Ask spreads widening?
Liquidity in the European corporate bond market is becoming more expensive in both high yield (HY) and investment grade (IG) trading. According to MarketAxess...
Tradeweb hits US$1.2 trillion quarterly volume in Q1 2022
Tradeweb Markets, the operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets, has reported financial results for first quarter of 2022, with...
NatWest, Loop Capital, and TD Securities join DirectBooks
NatWest, Loop Capital and TD Securities have joined the DirectBooks bond issuance platform. The recent additions increase the total number of underwriters on DirectBooks...
BondVision prepares for T+1 shift
MTS’s BondVision (part of the Euronext group) has updated its default settlement offset to T+1.
In anticipation of the North American transition to a shortened...
Debt deals decline
Debt markets have seen a year-on-year (YoY) decline in deal activity in 2025, according to data from Dealogic, reflecting the pensive mood amongst corporations...
The US: Too big to Fitch?
Ratings agency Fitch has downgraded the United States’ long-term credit ratings to AA+ from AAA and removed the rating ‘Watch Negative’ stating “ reflects...
Fixed income fees normalising at JP Morgan
JP Morgan’s fixed income revenues in the fourth quarter of this year are expected to be 10% lower than the record final quarter of...
Trumid adds RFQ to credit trading protocols
Electronic bond market operator Trumid, has launched new Request for Quote (RFQ) trading on its platform. Trumid clients can now initiate, view, and respond...
IDX: The play for efficiency
Panellists at this year’s International Derivative Expo conference considered regulation, technology and competition as they discussed how the industry can improve efficiency and promote...
Propellant.digital reports rapid uptake of its bond data analytics
Vincent Grandjean, CEO of analytics software provider Propellant.digital, is pleased with the firm’s progress to date.
“We are live with clients and bearing in mind...
Symphony acquires StreetLinx
Symphony has acquired the counterparty mapping platform StreetLinx, thereby adding over 200 institutional counterparties to the 1000+ institutions it reports are currently using Symphony....
Oppenheimer & Co adds three MDs to IG sales team
Oppenheimer & Co has hired Perren Thomas, Dennis Megley and Mike Henneberry onto its investment grade (IG) desk. Each will serve as managing directors...
