Traders call time on outsized European market open hours
Buy- and sell-side traders have called for Europe to review its equity market open periods, which at eight and half hours is over 30%...
Rules and Ratings: Moody’s sees improving credit fundamentals driving leveraged finance deals
As interest rates decline, credit fundamentals will improve in 2025 and defaults will ease, according to analysis from credit rating agency Moody’s.
“Investors will hunt...
Bond platforms report record trading volumes for March
The March 2020 numbers are in for bond trading platforms MarketAxess and Tradeweb and both have seen record results, in a period that has...
FILS USA 2022: Focus on liquidity
As fixed income market participants eye the threat of a further back-up in yields, liquidity sourcing is being reassessed.
While technology has greatly advanced the...
MarketAxess expands BlackRock partnership Aladdin OEMS integration
MarketAxess is set to expand its decade-long partnership with BlackRock, integrating its credit trading protocols, pricing and data into BlackRock’s Aladdin order execution management...
KNG names Omar Ghalloudi head of emerging market trading
KNG Securities has appointed former Credit Suisse illiquid bond specialist Omar Ghalloudi as head of emerging market (EM) trading.
Corporate and distressed bond ‘expert’ Ghalloudi...
Insights & Analysis: Man Group quants qualify today’s economic regime
Amara Mulliner, a quant researcher at Man AHL and University of Cambridge economics graduate, and her colleagues have proposed a new way to qualify...
Mexican bond markets: Keep your friends close
Sitting next to the US in the current trade war meant that Mexico avoided the highest bracket of US tariffs, thanks to its existing...
Opinion: The turning of the (Green) tide?
Market opinion by Jannah Patchay, Markets Evolution.
This year’s City Week event, held on the 21st and 22nd September 2020, was notable for its focus...
bfinance finds insurers’ move away from fixed income is accelerating
Analysis by investment research firm, bfinance, has found that the proportion of insurers decreasing their fixed income holdings has been accelerated by the pandemic,...
Bringing together fixed income trading and global youth empowerment: An emerging markets success story
Founded in 2000 by finance professionals who saw the social inequities in the emerging markets where they invested, EMpower supports hundreds of initiatives that...
Diligent and S&P Global Market Intelligence launch insights reporting service
Governance, risk and compliance software firm Diligent has partnered with S&P Global Market Intelligence to launch Diligent Market Insights Reporting.
The service provides reports on...
