S&P Global Ratings: European credit spreads still wide
In its latest ‘Europe Credit Markets Update’, S&P Global Ratings has painted a grim picture for European borrowers, notably in the high yield space,...
Derivatives : Brexit : Fred Maple
The impact of Brexit on European versus US derivatives trading.
Could the aftershock of Brexit land a win for the US? Fred Maple reports.
Many of...
Jenny Bloomfield swaps Schroders for Kuwait Investment Office
Kuwait Investment Office has appointed Jenny Bloomfield as a senior Treasury dealer. She is based in London.
Bloomfield has 20 years of industry experience and...
Markets Media Group acquires DerivSource
New York & London, October 5, 2021 – Leading U.S.-based digital financial news publisher Markets Media Group (MMG) is pleased to announce the acquisition of DerivSource, the...
MiFID II: An exercise in risk management
Gherardo Lenti Capoduri, head of Banca IMI’s Market Hub, speaks with The DESK about the capacity of firms on both sides of the street...
On the DESK – Amy Flynn on the evolution of xBK
Amy Flynn is a managing director and the head of xBK, the buy-side fiduciary execution desk within BNY Mellon Execution Services. Amy has led the...
Shah joins new fixed income team at Premier Miton Investors
Anish Shah has been named senior fixed income dealer at Premier Miton Investors, formed from the merger of Premier Asset Management Group and Miton...
FILS USA 2023: High net worth clients are ‘wildly bearish’ but still at risk
Despite having a risk-off mentality, global high net worth clients are still heavily into holding cash and tech stocks, and could do with diversifying...
Credit hungry in 2025
The market is clearly very hungry for more credit, a positive signal given how much new and refinanced debt is being issued.
This can most...
FILS USA 2023: More progress needed to advance gender equality
Speakers at FILS US DEI brunch discuss ways to advance equity in the industry.
Women continue to advance their representation, pay, and seniority in...
Parmar promoted at CIBC
Shivani Parmar has been promoted to a repo trading role within CIBC Capital Markets’s global credit financing team.
She is based in London.
In Q1 2026,...
China Focus: The secondary effect of defaults
The bid-ask spread for bonds in China’ property market has expanded by 300% this year, although even more so for Evergrande which increased by...
