Portfolio trading proves transformational, but controversial
The US market has been transformed by portfolio trading (PT) this year, with estimates that PT makes up somewhere between 25-40% of dealer-to-client (D2C)...
S&P Global warns of great debt ‘reset’ as economics break down
The level of global debt is reaching crisis point, according to analysis from S&P Global Ratings, with debt issuance leading to lower levels of...
The Book: Equity-linked note issuance on the rise in APAC
Convertible and exchangeable bond issuance in APAC is on track for a record-breaking year, Citi has noted.
Convertible bonds allow holders to convert their bond...
US fixed income issuance down 12%, ADV up 13.5%, in Q3 2023 YoY
Total US fixed income issuance for Q3 2023 saw a 12% drop (from US$1.8tn) against the same quarter in 2022, and down 12.8% against...
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CME Group’s international rates ADV up 42% in Q2
Market operator and infrastructure provider CME Group has reported its international average daily volume (ADV) reached 5.1 million contracts in Q2 2021, up 6%...
Substantially higher US investment grade stress going into 2023
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Corporate Bond Market Distress Index (CMDI) is closing 2022 with investment grade US bond markets twice as distressed as...
US Credit: Liquidity costs trending down
The bid-ask spread in US high yield trading is falling again having suffered an uptick in December, according to MarketAxess Trax, which tracks trading...
ION announces LatentZero OMS connection to Trumid
ION Markets, has connected its LatentZero order management system (OMS) to Trumid, the fixed income electronic trading platform. The link adds connectivity to ION...
The election effect: Issuance in an election year
Looking at Dealogic data for debt issuance over the past four year tenures of US presidents, it is notable how much the macro picture,...
FILS 2024: “The key to delivering innovation”
Collaboration between humans and technology, between humans, and across businesses is essential to strengthening and developing fixed income markets in Europe, panellists at this...
Tradeweb shares execution workflows through Coremont
Tradeweb has partnered with cloud-based portfolio management software and analytics platform Coremont, providing execution services through its portfolio management platform.
The partnership is in line...
Tradeweb reports high volumes continuing into April
Market operator Tradeweb has reported average daily volume (ADV) of US$763.4 billion in April across its electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money...
