EM traders ride out the chaos
It would be understandable if trading in emerging markets (EM) debt were becoming more expensive as risk increased in many markets it makes up,...
What traders need to know about inflation and volatility
Significant rises in inflation have not been seen within the careers of many traders – this is what they need to know.
As inflation increases,...
How Omicron has shaken trading desks
Investors and analysts are urging a cautious response to the new Covid variant – Omicron – after Friday’s markets saw the Volatility Index (VIX)...
What’s the fuss about… New capital rules?
What’s all this fuss about new capital rules? The US Federal Reserve has decided that some banks, with over US$100 billion in assets, need...
Issuance up in lower rated debt
Analysis by Morgan Stanley’s team has found that, despite the slowing down of bond issuance globally in August, the higher levels of activity in...
Trading: How to find liquidity in a drought
When market makers offer no bids for corporate bond trades, buy-side traders need to get creative.
Dealers are the main source of liquidity in the...
Rutter launches ambitious new bond ‘ecosystem’, LedgerEdge
David Rutter, founder of US Treasury platform LiquidityEdge and CEO of distributed ledger group R3, has built a team of financial market and technology...
J.P. Morgan: Offering new operational benefits for bond funds through DLT
The bank launches Digital Bond Issuances to better support investors as markets move to a distributed ledger model across assets.
As J.P. Morgan announces the...
Janus Henderson promotes Tim Winstone
Tim Winstone has been promoted at Janus Henderson Investors, becoming head of investment grade credit.
Winstone has more than 20 years of industry experience, and...
Origination: Will Germany support European debt mutualisation?
UBS Asset Management’s Jonathan Gregory, head of UK fixed income, has posited the idea that European countries may at some point seek to mutualise...
Credit Market Structure Alliance: The real market agenda
The CMSA, invitation-only event, is setting an agenda based on market professionals’ concerns, and has captured a groundswell of interest.
The DESK: What has been...
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Study finds 21% of buy-side lost access to tradable instruments in crisis
A new ‘Derivatives Insight Report’ by analyst firm Acuiti has found that 21% of buy-side firms, including proprietary trading firms and asset managers, suffered...
