Origination: Carnival eyes IG market with €1 billion issuance
Carnival Corporation and plc have closed their €1 billion senior unsecured notes private offering. The senior unsecured notes have a coupon of 4.125% and...
Beer leaves Aberdeen for MFS
Russell Beer has joined MFS Investment Management as an emerging markets debt trader.
As of June 30 2025, MFS Investment held US$635.4 billion in assets...
Research: How mid-sized asset managers e-trade larger orders
The DESK’s research supported by LTX, finds liquidity improving, larger electronic trade sizes and greater use of data science pre-trade.
In 2024 bond markets are...
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Bank of England warns of risks in fast fixed income markets
By TheDESK
Chris Salmon, executive director for markets at the Bank of England has warned that risk management techniques need to develop to handle the...
EUREX: Why credit index futures are here to stay
Lee Bartholomew, global head of fixed income and currencies product design, and Davide Masi, fixed income ETD product design at Eurex spoke to The DESK...
Eurex: EMIR 3.0, are you ready?
EMIR 3.0 active accounts are set to change the European clearing landscape: are you ready?
Matthias Graulich, chief strategy officer and Executive Board Member,...
TransFICC: The European bond market – changing by the microsecond
By Judd Gaddie, Co-Founder TransFICC
Advantages have always been sought by traders, often resulting in a race to obtain information before competitors. Incorporating new technology...
Market reforms spark “cautious optimism” for KTB engagement
Recent market reforms could turn around low engagement with Korean Treasure Bond (KTB) trading, according to research from Bloomberg and the International Capital Markets...
MeTheMoneyShow – Episode 15
This week, Dan Barnes speaks with Global Trading's Shanny Basar about fixed income ETFs. In these uncertain times, why are they proving so popular (in...
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...
House of Representatives hearing: Volcker link to bond illiquidity tenuous
Testimony given to the US House of Representatives on 29 March 2017 suggests the Volcker Rule cannot be directly blamed for poor liquidity in...
E-trading boosts efficiency not liquidity in Japan’s buy-and-hold bond market
Japan’s bond market has long been seen as voice-heavy, with established traditions of relationship-based trading and an aversion to electronic, less personal alternatives. However,...
