EMSs connect the dots in bond trading
Increased integration between venues and trading tools could herald far greater automation.
Moving a fixed income order from a portfolio manager to a counterparty is becoming...
The Book: Clearwater Analytics releases commercial paper issuance tool
Clearwater Analytics has released a commercial paper (CP) issuance tool, aiming to improve firms’ efficiency by providing a real-time view of issuances.
With the goal...
Treasury bill supply and ON RRP investment
By Gara Afonso, Marco Cipriani, Catherine Huang, Gabriele La Spada, and Sergio Olivas.
Take-up at the Federal Reserve’s Overnight Reverse Repo Facility (ON RRP) increased...
How Tradeweb helped BBVA AM
Portfolio Trading offers a highly efficient channel for sourcing liquidity from ETF market-makers, which are frequently pricing credit bonds in real-time to facilitate fixed-income...
A tale of two metrics – US IG corporate bond market liquidity in 2022
By Julien Alexandre, 12 October 2022
Corporate Bond Market Distress Index
The NY Fed recently launched the Corporate Bond Market Distress Index and backfilled it all...
FILS USA 2022: Market structure under microscope
There are a host of regulatory proposals out there that stand to have a material and practical impact on how fixed income markets operate,...
Mizuho issues green bond in continued sustainability drive
Mizuho Financial Group has issued a €500 million green bond, part of its core business theme of sustainability and innovation.
Funds raised by the issuance...
Euronext issues €600bn in Portuguese treasuries
Euronext Lisbon is issuing new floating rate treasury bonds (OTRV) on 18 July, maturing in July 2031.
The offering received a total €612 billion, €423...
Port in a storm: Asian international bond markets resilient amid volatility
Volatile interest rates, a fractious geopolitical landscape, and rumbles in the Chinese property sector. Despite these headwinds, the international bond markets in Asia were...
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How e-trading connectivity has been fragmented by sanctions
Sanctions on the Russian regime, on associated firms and on individuals have restricted legal access to some instruments and counterparties, yet portfolio managers may...
Absorbing Gilt
The year after next, the UK is set to issue £305 billion gilts to support the government’s spending programme. The high level of issuance...
Global investor confidence rises, European confidence falls
State Street Global Markets has found that, despite recent market fluctuations, the State Street Investor Confidence Index (ICI) for May 2022 increased to 97.1,...
