Lord Abbett invests in IMTC
IMTC has closed a US$12 million Series A funding round, with Lord Abbett joining its ranks of investors.
The round was led by fintech-focused venture...
Getting the most out of derivatives in credit
Bond investing has become more exciting in the past two years than in the previous ten, with interest rates and central bank activity fire-fighting...
Insights & Analysis: Market participants must prepare for the unexpected, ESAs say
Despite a broadly positive environment, ongoing geopolitical developments and economic uncertainties mean that financial market participants should be more vigilant than ever, according to...
Bond issuance platform eppf signs deal with DZ Bank
European bond issuance platform, european primary placement facility (eppf), has signed a new cooperation agreement with DZ Bank. eppf’s bond issuance platform will now...
BloombergGPT launches
Bloomberg has released a research paper detailing the development of BloombergGPT, a new large-scale generative artificial intelligence (AI) model.
This large language model (LLM)...
Origination: Citigroup to issue US$275 million in HKEX bonds
Citigroup Global Markets has issued US$275 million in cash-settled exchangeable bonds for shares in HKEX.
The scheduled issue date for the bonds is 10 April...
Jefferies Q224 revenues buoyed by strong debt underwriting
Jefferies’ Q2 results have seen the investment banking and capital markets firm’s reported revenue hit US$1.66 billion, a 59.6% increase against the same period...
Overbond partners with Finsemble to support desktop interoperability
AI-based trading tool provider, Overbond, has announced a partnership with desktop interoperability specialist, Finsemble, to support integration of Overbond’s services into trading workflows.
"At our...
William Spencer joins MarketAxess from UBS AM
Bill Spencer, formerly head of multi-asset trading for UBS AM in the US, has joined market operator MarketAxess in a newly created global role,...
Björkman joins Credit Suisse as the head of execution for fixed income
Mikael Björkman has joined Credit Suisse’s private bank as the head of Execution in Fixed Income, joining from UBS’ private bank where he was...
Byron Cooper-Fogarty named CEO of Neptune Networks
Byron Cooper-Fogarty will become CEO Neptune Networks, the fixed income network for disseminating real-time axe data, and on 1 April 2024 with John Robinson...
Platform volumes in May up on 2019 levels
Market operator MarketAxess has seen a monthly trading volume for May 2020 of US$520 billion consisting of $229 billion in credit volume and $291...
