Ratings & Analysis: Fitch’s rising stars accelerate upgraded debt levels
Changing credit ratings for three North American issuers in Q3 2025 pushed upgraded debt levels above downgraded debt in its global corporate portfolio, Fitch...
Origination: Nasdaq Dubai lists US$400m bonds from Agricultural Bank of China
Nasdaq Dubai has listed US$400 million worth of Floating Rate Notes by the Agricultural Bank of China (DIFC Branch).
This marks the bank’s second bond...
European Women in Finance : Nandini Sukumar : Finding a voice
Nandini Sukumar, CEO of World Federation of Exchanges talks to Lynn Strongin Dodds about vision, strategy and consensus building.
In the five years since Nandini...
US Fixed Income Leaders Summit delayed
The Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Nashville which had been planned to take place in June 2020, has been postponed in light of the...
Enhanced execution through automation
Andrew Cameron, Automation Solutions at MarketAxess, discusses the benefits of automation in trading.
Automation technologies have revolutionised so many aspects of our lives that it’s...
The Book: Nomura pushes for digital bond settlement efficiency
Nomura Research Institute has settled a Japanese digital bond using delivery versus payment (DVP) for the first time.
Settlement risk is a key concern for...
ICMA fills in the blanks on MiFID II agreement
A new article written by the regulatory team at the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA), has shed light on details in the agreed text...
Lead : Best execution : Dan Barnes
The best execution conundrum
Market structure, risk trading and the nature of time-limited instruments make reporting of best execution for bonds a challenge. Dan Barnes...
What the regulators don’t know about spoofing
At least 5% of treasuries volume is self-trading yet the legality of these trades is unchecked. Dan Barnes, reports.
Self-trading is defined as a transaction in...
Headache or opportunity?
The UK is carving out its own path in financial services. Gill Wadsworth assesses the divergent gameplan the government is developing.
In May 2022, the...
Pragma launches new algorithmic management system
Pragma, the multi-asset execution technology provider, has released a new generation of Panorama, the firm’s algorithmic management system (AMS).
Panorama 2.0 is designed to provide...
What is driving down EM trading costs?
Analysis of trade size and bid-ask spread data from MarketAxess’s CP+ pricing feed and Trax market data, which tracks activity across markets, indicates that...
