KfW issues first benchmark bond via Deutsche Börse’s digital D7 platform
German bank KfW has issued its first high-volume benchmark bond as a central register security according to the German electronic securities act (eWpG) with...
Seeing through the pricing mirage
Traders and PMs found real value in using axes over onscreen prices during the recent liquidity crisis.
Neptune’s streaming of dealer axes continues to grow in value...
Liquidnet’s direct link from O/EMS to syndicate banks deployed by Charles River
Block trading specialist and agency broker, Liquidnet, has unveiled a new feature in its new issuance platform for corporate bonds, intended to enable investors...
FILS 2024: “Cause for optimism” in primary markets
While the majority of trading in secondary markets happens electronically, primary markets are falling behind and continue to favour manual workflows. However, there’s cause...
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,...
RBC Capital Markets joins DirectBooks
DirectBooks, the capital markets consortium founded to improve the bond issuance process has seen RBC Capital Markets join its platform as a member.
At present...
Ex-Etrading Software exec joins Propellant
Etrading Software’s former chief strategy officer has resurfaced at Propellant Digital, joining the firm as a senior advisor for business development and strategy,
Elizabeth Brooks...
Repo market stress prompts calls for central bank support
Could central bank intervention bypass sell-side intermediaries, if they only act as agents not risk takers? David Wigan reports.
The stresses in the US repo...
Bloomberg launches market-driven daily credit risk indicator
Bloomberg is offering its Market-Implied Probability of Default (MIPD) product, a market-driven creditworthiness indicator, to both Enterprise Data and Bloomberg Terminal clients globally. MIPD...
Origination: How data centres issue securitised products for funding
Bank of America, using data from JLL has analysed the funding of data centres using asset backed securities (ABS) and commercial mortgage backed securities...
Insights and Analysis: Uncertainty reigns in trade war, rate impact expected
The inevitable effect of increased tariffs imposed by the US markets on trade partners – which may include the European Union, Canada and Mexico...
Brett Chappell starts at TransFICC in independent advisory role
TransFICC has engaged Brett Chappell as an independent fixed income expert for market structure and thought leadership.
He previously spent two years at BankInvest as...
