Ratings & Analysis: Fitch: US bank regulators converging with “informal alignments”
Executive actions have accelerated regulatory consolidation and centralisation between federal US bank regulators, according to Fitch Ratings.
These informal alignments, driven by executive orders rather...
Origination: Carnival eyes IG market with €1 billion issuance
Carnival Corporation and plc have closed their €1 billion senior unsecured notes private offering. The senior unsecured notes have a coupon of 4.125% and...
Primary ignition – at both ends
Politics are being side lined in the battle for efficiency in primary markets for buyers, and for issuers.
The top operational priority for buy-side, and...
Crunching liquidity data
Sifting the sands of market data for gems of price and liquidity requires a build of mapping and analytical technology often beyond the resources...
Tradeweb offers corporate treasurers US T-bill trading
Corporate treasurers can now directly trade US Treasury bills (T-bills) through Tradeweb’s electronic trading platform.
The announcement follows Tradeweb’s 2024 acquisition of Institutional Cash Distributors...
CME Group to launch Chicago UST CLOB
CME Group is launching a second BrokerTec central limit order book (CLOB) for cash US Treasuries in Q3. Client testing begins on 27 April.
The...
Coalition Greenwich: 0% impact of ESG on bond trade execution – but is there...
According to new research from Coalition Greenwich, 0% of US-based buy-side bond traders report that environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacted their choice of...
Insights & Analysis: Weakened US economy and tariff uncertainty unsettles corporates
Trump’s long-dreaded and much-amended tariffs increased the US tariff rate to more than 18% this month – up more than eightfold on 2024’s levels....
Indian bond market growth draws international attention
Indian capital markets are booming – and fixed income is playing a crucial role. International investors are seeking to cash in on the success,...
Bloomberg backs Moroccan FX and govie market buildouts
The central bank of Morocco, Bank Al-Maghrib, has adopted Bloomberg’s Foreign Exchange Electronic Trading (FXGO) and E-bond (EBND) platforms.
The interbank derivatives market for foreign...
Margin calls for bitcoin futures pose systemic threat
AIG failed in 2008, because the value it placed upon the mortgages underpinning the credit default swaps it had sold to Goldman Sachs was...
Jefferies’ bond desks have an outstanding start to 2023
Investment banking firm Jefferies saw fixed income trading revenues jump 62% to US$590 million for the six months to May 2023, from US$364 million....
