Implied cost of liquidity falling, with US high yield an exception
Volumes in the corporate bond markets have been picking back up, relative to bid-ask spreads, indicating an improving liquidity picture across the US and...
Janus Henderson: On the psychology of the trade
Janus Henderson’s senior fixed income traders, led by Andy ‘Mungo’ Munro, discuss the psychology of trading, transferring experience and effective leadership.
How are your trading desks...
Green bond issuance off to strong start in 2021
As a result of the stronger-than-expected green bond issuance so far in 2021, NN Investment partners has raised its projection for full-year issuance to...
European trading firms eye derivatives expansion in APAC
European proprietary trading firms and hedge funds have set their sights firmly on the APAC region, as they look to expand derivatives trading in...
Rules & Ratings: France falls in Fitch’s ratings
France has suffered a blow to its credit ratings, downgraded by Fitch to AA- from A+ with a stable outlook.
A catalyst for this change...
Vince Verhoeven joins Loomis Sayles
Loomis Sayles has named Vince Verhoeven as an investment director within its global bonds and emerging markets debt teams. The appointment follows increased interest...
Bank of England: Basel III regulation hurts repo for smaller asset managers
By Shobha Prabhu Naik.
A working paper written by Antonis Kotidis and Neeltje van Horen, staff for the Bank of England, has identified that the...
Madrid joins Jefferies in London
Rafael Madrid has joined Jefferies as managing director of emerging markets credit trading. He is based in London.
Jefferies reported US$178 million in fixed income...
Tabb: Derivatives boosting access to liquidity into 2019
By Pia Hecher.
Analyst firm TABB Group reports the number of market participants using corporate bond index futures and bond index total return swaps (TRSs)...
Tradeweb announces partnership with BlackRock
Multi-asset market operator, Tradeweb Markets, has entered into a multi-year partnership with BlackRock to integrate Tradeweb’s credit trading solutions and data into BlackRock’s Aladdin...
Jason Rich promoted at State Street
Jason Rich has been named country head for Singapore and Southeast Asia at State Street, effective 1 January.
Based in Australia, he will oversee the...
BlackRock veteran Mitchelson to join Bloomberg
Multiple sources have confirmed that Rob Mitchelson, formerly Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) head of fixed income and FX trading at BlackRock, is to...
