T. Rowe Price deploys Genesis’ primary bond custom tool
T. Rowe Price has gone live with Genesis global’s primary bond issuance (PBI) tool. It aims to standardise how its fixed income teams manage...
BlackRock veteran Mitchelson to join Bloomberg
Multiple sources have confirmed that Rob Mitchelson, formerly Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) head of fixed income and FX trading at BlackRock, is to...
Trading systems FIXed to Ipreo for bond issuance
Primary market specialist Ipreo has launched a FIX-messaging based system for integrating the Ipreo Investor Access platform, which allows investors to electronically submit orders directly to...
Chinese equity sell-off leaves locals “more cautious” on debt
Buy-side traders in the Chinese debt markets are noting some effect from the equity sell-off, which was triggered by concern around government and regulatory...
IG issuance across US and Europe up 20% on five-year average
US investment grade debt issuance has hit $1.7 trillion year to date (YTD) in 2025, a 12% increase year on year (YoY). That brings...
Origination: S&P prices major senior note issuance
S&P Global has priced a total US$10 billion in senior notes.
The offering is split into US$600 million 4.250% senior notes due 15 January 2031,...
Toru Nakashima joins Jefferies board as SMBC increases ownership
Jefferies has appointed Toru Nakashima, president and group CEO of the Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), as a member of its board of directors....
FILS USA: The significance of portfolio trading breaking 10% volume
Record sized portfolio trades (PT) were reportedly responsible for pushing PT volumes up to around 10% of US credit market average daily volume in...
Bank of England: Basel III regulation hurts repo for smaller asset managers
By Shobha Prabhu Naik.
A working paper written by Antonis Kotidis and Neeltje van Horen, staff for the Bank of England, has identified that the...
IOSCO sets pre-hedging guard rails, amid calls for ban
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), has published its final report on pre-hedging, amid call for the practice to be banned, and allegations...
Aligning the pre-trade credit liquidity picture and the execution goal
Pre-trade data and market colour are imperative for buy-side traders looking to achieve best execution in corporate bond markets. Understanding how that applies to...
Adaptive taps Rapid Addition for FIX solutions
Trading technology provider Adaptive has partnered with financial messaging protocols firm Rapid Addition to enhance its FIX solutions.
The firms say they are addressing increasing...
