This Week from Trader TV: Bill Mann, Motley Fool Asset Management
AI capex lifts tech, but risks loom over infrastructure bottlenecks and tariff volatility.
A wave of AI-driven capital spending by major tech firms boosted US...
A wild ride: Tradeweb’s Hult reviews the bond market in 2023
Historic interest rate moves, a debt ceiling stalemate, major bank collapses and massive geopolitical instability. These mega events sent shocks through the markets in...
Morningstar: Sukuk market grows despite liquidity and concentration risk
According to Morningstar, at the end of 2024, the global sukuk markets, which represents Islamic securities structured to replicate conventional bonds, reached US$930 billion...
Rules & Ratings: KBRA makes two senior management appointments
Eric Neglia has been named global head of KBRA’s expanding funds ratings business, while Thomas Speller has been appointed global head of fund finance,...
FILS USA 2023: Finding efficiency in fixed income trading
Market operators seek to expand reach of surprisingly resilient automation.
Fixed income trading has become much more efficient over the years, driven by new technologies...
HSBC splits
An organisational switch-up at HSBC, effective 2025, sees the bank prioritise its Hong Kong and UK operations with dedicated business lines.
HSBC Holdings will operate...
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...
FILS 2021: Lessons in better execution post-crisis
With economic upheaval ahead, potentially stemming from a supply crisis in many sectors, getting better execution for even in difficult markets will be key.
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Rules & Ratings: Big Beautiful Bill highlights US credit cracks
Fitch Ratings has adjusted a quarter of its US sector outlooks for 2025 to ‘deteriorating’.
The agency cited slowing growth, increasing uncertainty and the expectation...
Viewpoint: Rating changes increase appetite for trading desk data
Dan Barnes asks Emil Parmar, Director of Credit Trading Solutions at London Stock Exchange Group how the better provision of analytics drives more effective...
Strong YoY growth in US rates volumes
Average daily notional volumes (ADNV) for US rates dropped between April and May as uncertainties around trade policies and tariffs muted demand, but were...
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management adopts Bloomberg Rule Builder
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management has adopted Bloomberg Rule Builder (RBLD), a multi-asset, rules-based trade automation tool, to try and enhance the efficiency and...
