Scaling up EM Hard Currency trading with Targeted RFQ
In often illiquid and volatile emerging markets (EM), achieving best execution is a vital part of delivering on fund objectives. Increasingly, electronic trading plays...
Eurex offers PLN swap clearing market
Eurex is developing a Polish Zloty (PLN) interest rate swap clearing market in light of EMIR 3.0 requirements.
The increased netting opportunities this provides will...
SSGA launches new bond ETF on Barclays Global Aggregate index
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has launched the SPDR Barclays Global Aggregate UCITS exchange traded fund (ETF). The fund is available unhedged on the...
Decision trees (and how to climb them)
Making the working lives of credit traders better is The DESK’s mission. Traders are time poor, and systematising trading allows them to free up...
Alexander named third Ares alternative credit co-head
Global alternative investment manager Ares Management has promoted Kevin Alexander to co-head of alternative credit.
The Ares Alternative Credit strategy holds approximately US$43.1 billion in...
Tharshan joins Citi credit trading team
Tharsh Tharshan has joined Citi as a credit trader. He is based in London.
Citi reported revenues of US$81.1 billion in 2024, up 3% from...
Women in Finance : Supurna VedBrat : Being on point
Supurna VedBrat, Global Head of Trading at BlackRock, talks to Lynn Strongin Dodds about strategic planning, diversity of thought and transferable skillsets
Although Supurna VedBrat,...
European investment grade seeing smaller, cheaper trades
European investment grade bond traders are seeing a falling bid-ask spread, and a rising trade count since the start of 2024, according to MarketAxess’s...
Will the EC ban electronic bilateral bond trading?
The broadening definition of ‘multilateral’ is at risk of capturing all trading if traders do not speak out.
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)...
Bond trading boosts BNP Paribas’s FICC revenues
BNP Paribas’s investment bank delivered double digit revenue growth in 2019, with revenues for Fixed Income Currencies and Commodities (FICC) up by over 30%....
JP Morgan leads DCM amidst primary markets retreat in Q1 2025
In the first quarter of 2025, global debt capital markets (DCM) activity retreated while JP Morgan maintained its position at the top of the...
Origination: CFOs ‘confident’ profit forecasts despite looming uncertainty
While 79% of CFOs anticipate net profit growth over the next 12 months, the highest in 10 quarters, only 51% are confident their business...
