Five ideas from FILS for buy-side traders
The Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit US kicked off on Monday 9 June in Washington DC, with the buy-side traders’ day. While no reporting is...
William Spencer joins MarketAxess from UBS AM
Bill Spencer, formerly head of multi-asset trading for UBS AM in the US, has joined market operator MarketAxess in a newly created global role,...
Bid-ask spreads expanding in European credit
European credit traders have seen bid-ask spreads expand over the past two weeks, however this follows a notable tightening since summer, according to data...
Credit is climbing, but unevenly
Analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence charts the rise of credit markets over the past year, and finds index levels are by 10-15% of...
Predicting the future by looking at the past
Mark Pumfrey, Liquidnet.
Mark Pumfrey, Head of EMEA, Liquidnet says that drawing on past experiences can provide some guidance as to how a cause will...
EM traders ride out the chaos
It would be understandable if trading in emerging markets (EM) debt were becoming more expensive as risk increased in many markets it makes up,...
Origination: Issuer profile – EchoStar Corp
EchoStar Corp saw the largest proportional increase in notional debt outstanding in the technology sector in 2024, with a 509% increase, taking it to...
Bloomberg completes first F-TIIE swap transaction in Mexico
Bloomberg’s Swap Execution Facility (SEF) has completed the first electronically traded TIIE de Fondeo (F-TIIE) swap transaction on BSEF, its swap execution facility.
The transaction...
Serrano swaps Liquidnet for Tradition
Fausto Serrano has joined interdealer broker Tradition as North American head of electronic credit brokering. He is based in New York.
Tradition reported CHF 1.1...
Issuance in double figure growth everywhere (ex-Japan!)
The debt markets have been booming globally in the first half of 2024, according to Dealogic data, with Middle East and Africa seeing issuance...
OpenYield Trading prints first trade
Broker-dealer and alternative trading system OpenYield Trading has launched, printing its first trade.
OpenYield is designed to make access to the bond market easier and...
Low issuance volumes may impact the momentum to reform primary markets
Platforms keen to emphasise longer term commitment to electronification and greater automation.
Multiple platforms have been launched to drive increased efficiency in managing bond issuance,...
