Corporate issuance begins February weighted towards Europe and IG
The US is seeing a drop off in lower grade debt issuance so far in 2026, relative to 2025 levels, while higher grade US...
Carolan joins Citi
Citi has named James Carolan as global head of FX structuring and solutions, effective July.
Based in New York, he reports to global head of...
Citi, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank issue first digitally native note
Citi has served as dealer as well as issuing and paying agent on the issuance of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)'s first digitally...
Clearstream offers tokenised issuance in D7 expansion
Deutsche Borse’s Clearstream has launched a tokenised securities platform, designed to handle issuance and management.
D7 DLT facilitates the issuance of central securities depository regulation...
What EM trade sizes tell us about market evolution
While issuance of emerging markets bonds beat the same period in 2023 by a third, secondary trading is far more choppy, with a stepped...
Charlie Collins named head of European credit at Trumid
Fixed income market veteran, Charlie Collins, has been named head of European credit at Trumid. Collins was most recently a managing director at Tradeweb,...
Piraeus €500m green bond, 7 times oversubscribed
Piraeus Bank SA, a subsidiary of Piraeus Financial Holdings SA, successfully priced a €500 million Green Senior Preferred Bond on 28 May 2025. The...
European bond trading impacted by 84% of flows to active open-ended funds
European fixed income fund flows remain structurally different from the US, materially affecting trading flows during the day. In 2025, 84% of Europe’s US$422.7bn net inflows went to active open-ended funds. US flows...
TISE sees bond listings bump thanks to rosy macro picture
The International Stock Exchange (TISE) listed 444 securities during the first half of 2024, an 18.4% increase against the same period last year.
The total...
Sterling dealers recommend SONIA as alternative to LIBOR
The Bank of England’s Working Group on Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates – a group of major dealers active in sterling interest rate swap markets – has...
Getting the measure of sell-side portfolio trading
In its recent report on investment banking activity in 2020, analyst firm Coalition observed that there had been substantial growth in sell-side portfolio trading,...
Banks see strong Q3 across credit, rates following heightened activity earlier in the year
A new report by analyst firm Crisil Coalition has found that the unprecedented levels of volatility and trading activity seen in the first half...
