Origination: Issuer profile – Marsh & McLennan Cos Inc
In October, insurance and risk specialist, Marsh & McLennan, priced US$7.25 billion of senior notes, in part to support its acquisition of McGriff, an...
Vicky Chan returns to HKEX
Hong Kong Exchange & Clearing Limited (HKEX) has appointed Vicky Chan as managing director and head of post trade, effective 5th August. She replaces...
UK CTP will cost pennies – support will cost thousands
Out-of-hours support will cost more than access to bond consolidated tape data under Etrading Software’s pricing and licensing framework.
The maximum cost for a combined...
Have credit e-trading platforms just been liberated in US markets?
The removal of key legislative proposals in the US capital markets is potentially allowing electronic trading platforms to develop entirely new ways of trading...
SIX releases “flexible” fixed income data offering
SIX has launched a fixed income data offering in response to growing data requirements in the market.
The SIX Fixed Income Data service gathers data...
The ‘venue’ question raised by ESMA’s new order execution consultation
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is consulting on the development of technical standards (RTS) specifying the criteria for establishing and assessing the...
Electronification nudging firms to single trading platforms FlexTrade says as Amundi opts for FlexTRADER...
Speaking to The DESK, FlexTrade EMEA managing director Andy Mahoney said the trend towards the electronification of fixed income has prompted firms to create...
Origination: Meta sold US$30 billion of AI bonds on 30 October
Meta Platforms, the US investment grade social media platform operator, priced and sold a six-part dollar deal, with a net value of US$30 billion,...
European Women in Finance Awards – nominations are still open!
We're aware that after last Summer - when, let's face it we were pretty limited in our vacation options - just about everyone is...
MarketAxess buys Deutsche Börse’s regulatory reporting business
Fixed income market operators and data provider, MarketAxess, has entered agreed to buy the Regulatory Reporting Hub, the regulatory reporting business of Deutsche Börse...
E-trading fixed income volumes rose in October with risk assets facing headwinds
Electronic trading platforms saw net growth in the fixed income space for October, although risk assets faced headwinds.
Tradeweb saw its total trading volume for...
Dealogic: DCM deals in 2025 up 18% on five-year average
The preliminary view of 2025 capital markets deals, published by Dealogic, has found that global DCM volume delivered a total of US$9.5 trillion, 19%...
