KfW issues first benchmark bond via Deutsche Börse’s digital D7 platform
German bank KfW has issued its first high-volume benchmark bond as a central register security according to the German electronic securities act (eWpG) with...
Beyond Liquidity: Regulators warn on alternative Libor rates
Libor, the benchmark interest rate that was embedded in hundreds of trillions of dollars of financial contracts around the world, ceased publication at the...
Bond issuance platform eppf signs deal with DZ Bank
European bond issuance platform, european primary placement facility (eppf), has signed a new cooperation agreement with DZ Bank. eppf’s bond issuance platform will now...
Viewpoint: MarketAxess to increase automation with Adaptive Auto-X
MarketAxess is aiming to initially launch Adaptive Auto-X in the first half of this year to provide clients with algorithmic workflows and allow them...
SEC rule defining all market makers as ‘dealers’ thrown out
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has had its rule, that would have defined electronic market makers as ‘dealers’, vacated in case tried...
Tradeteq expands into private debt issuance
Tradeteq, the technology provider for securitisation-as-a-service and bank asset distribution, is expanding into private debt and real assets in an effort to help banks,...
The big changes to watch in fixed income market structure through 2024
Next year will bring new developments in market structure, stemming both from regulatory and political change. The DESK asked Jennifer Keser, head of market...
Fixed Income TCA, who would have thought it?
Paul Reynolds, Head of FI Sales and Strategy at TradingScreen
For many years Fixed Income TCA has failed to adequately provide its users with a...
The Book: Alphabet tops issuer league table in May
Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, was the largest corporate issuer in May 2025. It issued a combined US$5 billion and a combined...
European Women in Finance: Nichola Hunter, building fixed income businesses
Shanny Basar talks to Nichola Hunter, head of rates at MarketAxess about leading a start-up, becoming an acquisition target and the growth of electronic...
Primary held in check by tariff and rate uncertainty
Gross credit issuance has fallen in developed markets, according to data from Dealogic and Morgan Stanley, across investment grade (IG) and high yield (HY).
DM...
Mark Tinworth joins RBC Capital Markets
RBC Capital Markets has appointed Mark Tinworth as EMEA head of sales for global markets.
Based in London, he reports to Sian Hurrell, head of...
