CSDR warning for EM bond liquidity
The mandatory buy-in regime that will be introduced next year by Europe’s Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) could have negative consequences in the less-liquid...
US regulators battle to define bond market structure
US market regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has engaged in a series of initiatives that could collectively bring more structure and standardisation...
THETA hires Flanagan amid whirlwind of connectivity ahead of launch
THETA, the specialist provider of buy-side trading technology as a service, has appointed Paul Flanagan as strategic sales advisor, managing relationships with buy-side firms.
Flanagan...
Industry viewpoint : Regulation & data : MTS
Repo market data
Q&A with Luigi Marino, Product Manager, Market Data, MTS
What is the state of electronic repo market trading for buy-side firms today?...
Stephanie Bopp returns to Janus Henderson
Janus Henderson has rehired Bopp as a trader in Denver. She joins from Empower, the investment and retirement solution provider, where she was a...
Rules and Ratings: Moody’s sees improving credit fundamentals driving leveraged finance deals
As interest rates decline, credit fundamentals will improve in 2025 and defaults will ease, according to analysis from credit rating agency Moody’s.
“Investors will hunt...
Morgan Stanley: Fed buying programme has benefits beyond direct purchases
Analysis of the Federal Reserve’s Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF) by Morgan Stanley analysts has found that its purchases of exchange traded funds...
Xerox prices senior secured notes ahead of April issuance
Xerox Corporation has priced US$800 million in senior secured notes, set to be issued on 1 April.
Half the principal amount will be issued with...
While rates trading hummed in Q3, “cockroaches” hide
Jamie Dimon, CEO at JP Morgan, warned that recent corporate blow-ups may presage wider credit issues: “When you see one cockroach, there are probably...
Liquidnet: 39% of buy-side firms rethinking use of TCA
By Flora McFarlane.
Traditional transaction cost analysis (TCA) could be a casualty in the shifting landscape of pre- and post-MiFID II regulation, with 39% of...
BondCliQ’s new portfolio trade reporting changes understanding of volumes and counterparties
Market data solutions provider, BondCliQ, will be launching a dynamic weekly report which aggregates and analyses data on US portfolio trading (PT) from TRACE,...
FILS USA: Entry point for private credit liquidity providers “never been better”
Private credit has expanded rapidly in recent years, with the IMF recently reporting that the size of the market topped $2 trillion globally, of...
