On The Desk: Jim Switzer: On taking control
The AllianceBernstein credit trading desk has been refocused to handle market fragmentation and the withdrawal of dealer liquidity, giving its traders a commanding presence...
Industry viewpoint : MTS
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MSIM launches two new bond funds
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has announced the launch of two new funds, the MSINVF Short Maturity Euro Corporate Bond Fund and the MSINVF...
Concannon to take the reins at MarketAxess
Market operator, MarketAxess, will see current CEO and chairman Rick McVey become executive chairman from 3 April 2023 as Chris Concannon, currently president and...
The Book: Nissan prices US$5.8 billion in recovery plan
Nissan has priced JPY 860 billion (US$5.8 billion) in USD- and euro-denominated bonds and JPY-denominated convertible bonds.
Approximately JPY 660 billion (US$4.5 billion) will be...
FILS 2021: Overcoming barriers to automation
Implementation costs are among the biggest hurdles for buy-side fixed income desks hoping to increase efficiency workflows.
Addressing delegates at the Fixed Leaders Summit in...
Industry viewpoint : SIX Swiss Exchange : Frédéric Messein
Better interdealer execution generates natural liquidity
Banks’ reticence to trade with clients is a consequence of the cost of carrying risk; SIX Corporate Bonds de-risks...
FCA appoints UK Secondary Markets Advisory Committee members
The FCA has appointed members of the UK secondary markets advisory committee for June 2024 to June 2026.
The committee supports the FCA’s work in...
ESMA: Hundreds of bond funds suspended redemptions in record-breaking March sell-off
A new report by the European Securities and Markets Authority has laid out how systemic risk might be created through funds’ inability to process...
BofA: deluge of hyperscaler issuance steady at US$100bn in 2026
According to Yuri Seliger and Sohyun Marie Lee, credit strategists at Bank of America, in a note published on 17 November, the total of...
StoneX launches loan market liquidity platform
StoneX Group has launched StoneX LoanMatch, an online platform designed to improve liquidity access for institutional clients and banks in the loan market.
The platform...
Falling costs of liquidity not halted by summer vol
The bid-ask spread for corporate bond markets has continued on a downward trajectory in September, after a bump in August, according to data from...
