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...
Symphony keeps arms open for the right partners
Symphony, the capital markets communications platform, and Genesis the low-code application platform (LCAP) have partnered to support the development of interoperable technology and applications,...
Glimpse Markets launches data-sharing for buy-side trading desks
Glimpse Markets, a new post-trade data sharing platform for fixed income, aims to turn data costs of the buy-side on their head, by providing...
Investor demand: SSGA prepares for private credit retail interest with ETF
Expecting private credit demand to swell among retail investors, State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has launched an ETF for investment grade private credit markets.
The...
Exclusive: Mediobanca’s rapidly growing credit business adds Marco Cravero as head of flow
Marco Cravero has joined Mediobanca in Milan as executive director and head of fixed income flow, as the bank seeks to expand its existing...
ICMA: Adopt data-driven approach to MIFIR RTS 2 post-trade deferral framework
The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has co-signed a cross-industry statement on the MIFIR RTS 2 post-trade deferral framework for bonds, calling for a...
Me The Money Show – Episode Four
Dan Barnes interviews Shanny Basar, Senior Writer at Markets Media on the impact of Covid-19. How are traders working remotely and is home working...
Debate heats up around Munis tax exempt status
The Republican Party is considering repealing the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds.
A memorandum circulated by the US House of Representatives Budget Committee and diffused...
Liquidnet signs up to the Sustainable Trading initiative
Market operator Liquidnet, part of the TP ICAP Group, has joined a member of Sustainable Trading, a non-profit membership network dedicated to supporting environmental, social...
Euronext launches government bond index family
Euronext, in partnership with its electronic fixed income trading platform MTS, has launched a European government bond (EGB) index family.
Derived from the “mother index”,...
FILS 2018: Brexit may further impede transparency
By Joel Clark.
Nearly a year on from the implementation of MiFID II, the rulebook has still not achieved its objective of increasing transparency in...
High yield issuance may bounce back
The data for Q1 bond issuance in European high yield (HY) markets shows that it fell 22.7% according to the Association for Financial Markets...
