What is crushing the bid-ask spread in US IG?
The bid-ask spread in US investment grade credit has been falling this year, regardless of the trading volume activity.
Notional traded in the US...
Central clearing for bonds?
The lack of dealer liquidity provision during the March 2020 sell-off has triggered several proposals for market structure reform, not least in the US...
Breaking: Ediphy challenges FCA award of bond CTP to eTrading Software
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has received a legal challenge from Ediphy to its decision to award the contract for the UK bond consolidated...
Bloomberg broadens EM bond pricing coverage
Bloomberg has expanded its intraday valuation (IBVAL) front office service to cover emerging market (EM) bonds on a 22/5 basis.
Launched in 2023, IBVAL provides...
Jean-Marc Perrin elevated at SGCIB
Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking (SGCIB) has promoted Jean-Marc Perrin to co-head of Investment grade credit trading.
This advancement comes after his tenure as...
FILS 2024: “The key to delivering innovation”
Collaboration between humans and technology, between humans, and across businesses is essential to strengthening and developing fixed income markets in Europe, panellists at this...
thinkFolio integrates Investor Access to support primary market workflow
IHS Markit's thinkFolio investment management platform has integrated with the firm's Investor Access primary market workflow tool, to provide fixed income issuance support within...
What does flat e-trading growth mean for credit traders?
The proportion of electronic trading in 2023 within US credit markets is proving stubbornly resistant to growth. Research by market structure analysts, Coalition Greenwich,...
Market awaits CT news amid cross-Channel delays
Market participants have been asking for a bond consolidated tape for years; and they’re going to have to wait a little longer than planned,...
Credit trading desks seeing job cuts & hiring freezes, adding to operational pressure
Reports of reduction in headcount on buy-side trading desks at BlackRock, Nuveen and Wellington with cuts also reported at investment banks, are demonstrating the...
Eric Heleine leaves Groupama AM, joins AXA IM
Eric Heleine has joined AXA IM as head of electronic trading and data, effective 1 December. He reports to Yannig Loyer, global head of...
Industry viewpoint: Forging fixed income’s future
How technology is enabling data-driven execution and analytics.
In recent years, the electronification of fixed income (FI) markets has been followed by the development of...
