SGX CDP live with Marketnode DLT direct-to-depository service for bond issuers

SGX CDP live with Marketnode DLT direct-to-depository service for bond issuers

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Singapore Exchange’s Central Depository (SGX CDP) has made a blockchain-enabled bond issuance platform available to market participants. Developed by Marketnode, an SGX Group-Temasek digital...
Landazabal to lead trading at GAM

Landazabal to lead trading at GAM

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Juan Landazabal is to join Swiss asset manager, Global Asset Management (GAM), as global head of trading, according to an email seen by The...
Will primary market tools fragment new issuance instead of standardising it?

Will primary market tools fragment new issuance instead of standardising it?

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Research by The DESK has found that buy-side traders have adopted a range of primary market tools to help them increase their efficiency at...
bondIT: Elevated global risk of credit re-ratings

bondIT: Elevated global risk of credit re-ratings

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bondIT, a provider of credit analytics and next-generation investment technology, has published its quarterly credit risk forecast, indicating an elevated credit risk across the...
Perpetual selects State Street’s Charles River to manage front office ops

Perpetual selects State Street’s Charles River to manage front office ops

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State Street subsidiary Charles River Development has been tapped by Perpetual Group to manage its front office operations for the firm’s Australian asset management...
Danske Markets veteran jumps to BGC business development

Danske Markets veteran jumps to BGC business development

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Bernadette Kelly has joined BGC Group as a business development manager. Based in London, she will work with the short-term interest rate (STIR) trading teams. Kelly...
The election effect: Issuance in an election year

The election effect: Issuance in an election year

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Looking at Dealogic data for debt issuance over the past four year tenures of US presidents, it is notable how much the macro picture,...
Opinion: Regulators need to prioritise closing the market making gap

Opinion: Regulators need to prioritise closing the market making gap

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The one thing bond markets are really in need of, is more two-way liquidity in stressed markets. Yet that is nowhere on the regulatory...
Market structure: The alternatives in market making

Market structure: The alternatives in market making

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The DESK profiles five of the major electronic liquidity providers. Given the strains on market making in fixed income, it is vital that buy-side desks...
The effect of trade sizes on high yield liquidity costs

The effect of trade sizes on high yield liquidity costs

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Trading in high yield markets across the Atlantic is diverging considerably, with average trade sizes and bid-ask spreads tracking quite different patterns, according to...
Katana expands instrument universe by 30,000 bonds

Katana expands instrument universe by 30,000 bonds

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With a reported accuracy of 91%, Katana uses machine learning algorithms and the latest big data technologies to analyse live and up to ten...
ICMA: Buy side struggled to make margin calls as repo dried up

ICMA: Buy side struggled to make margin calls as repo dried up

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A new report, ‘European repo market and the COVID-19 crisis’ published by the International Capital Markets Association, has found that some buy-side firms had...