Insights & Analysis: “Lock in attractive yields as easing cycle continues,” UBS advises
Trump’s election saw Treasury yields rise sharply but stabilise by the end of the week, with the VIX index dropping to its lowest since...
Singhal swaps SMBC for Mizuho
Shrey Singhal has joined Mizuho as director of USD investment grade credit trading.
Based in New York, Singhal specialises in insurance and asset managers and...
American primary debt markets keep humming
Dealogic data show US debt capital market (DCM) issuance is little changed year on year (YoY) in aggregate: 2025 year-to-date (YtD) totals US$1.97 trillion...
Hold me now!
“Hold me now,
Whoa, warm my heart,
Stay with me!”
This Thompson Twins’ classic could be sung by corporate bonds to the sell-side community, who saw their...
EU lawmakers push for more stringent bond rules
The European Union is looking to tighten the region’s planned green bond standards to mitigate greenwashing from issuers of environmentally-friendly debt.
It calls on sellers...
Coalition Greenwich: 0% impact of ESG on bond trade execution – but is there...
According to new research from Coalition Greenwich, 0% of US-based buy-side bond traders report that environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacted their choice of...
Making a credit desk simpler
Getting a clear picture of the complex corporate bond market means that at some point, a lot of information has to be brought together...
Cosaic and Reformis partner to drive interoperability on buy side
Workflow solution provider, Cosaic, has partnered with Reformis. is a technology consulting firm for the investment management industry to bring interoperability to buy-side firms...
Mark Eardley returns to Commerzbank in algo trading
Commerzbank has hired Mark Eardley as an algorithmic trading specialist in London.
He rejoins the bank after eight years at UBS, where he was director...
EM traders ride out the chaos
It would be understandable if trading in emerging markets (EM) debt were becoming more expensive as risk increased in many markets it makes up,...
TradeTech 2023: Fixed income increases share of ETF world
Fixed income is becoming a larger part of the exchange traded funds (ETFs) universe as investors and traders seek greater flexibility and liquidity, according...
TransFICC: The Evolution of the Muni Market
Driven by volume growth and technology
By Bo-yun Liu, Director of Product Solutions, TransFICC
Taken in aggregate, the Muni market is roughly $4.2T Outstanding with $15.6B...
