Research: ETFs worsen fixed income liquidity in a crisis
An academic paper has argued that fixed income exchange traded funds (ETFs) “improve bond liquidity in general, but worsen it in periods of large...
Granit Funds hires Erlandsson as head of fixed income from AP4
Granit Funds has recruited Ulf Erlandsson as its head of fixed income starting in August. He comes from the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4) where...
US inflation hits its highest level in three decades
Jonathan Baltora, head of sovereign, inflation and FX at AXA Investment Managers says, “US inflation rising by 0.9% in just one month brings it...
Data analytics is nothing without the people who use it
We are in the midst of a data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) hype cycle. Every week yields a crop of new articles on...
PBoC & HKMA: No investment quota for northbound Bond Connect trade
The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) have given their approval to the local market infrastructure providers to...
FILS 2024: Bond opportunity is in the eye of the beholder
Amid swirling geopolitical uncertainty, are bond portfolios recession-proof? This was the question debated by buyside panellists at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit on Friday.
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Is rising credit risk displaying in bid-ask spreads?
US credit markets are seeing a divergence in bid-ask spreads and trade sizes between high yield and investment grade bonds, according to data from...
Loyer promoted at AXA IM
Yannig Loyer has been named global head of trading, securities financing and derivatives at AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). He was appointed ahead of...
On The DESK : Nick Cox : J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Nick Cox: Engaging a moving target
Nick Cox is the global head of fixed income trading at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, one of the largest...
Coalition Greenwich: E-trading kept muni markets active amid April turmoil
Municipal bond traders are leaning into smaller tickets as they embrace electronic trading, Q1 2025 metrics show.
E-trading as a percentage of the market increased...
EM stabilising could encourage market makers
Emerging market activity has seen a reduction in volatility in the first half of the year, with both volumes and pricing levels falling slightly,...
Viewpoint: Why bond traders are changing their habits
Informed traders are discovering that newer approaches to executing trades are more successful than older, habitual paths.
The DESK spoke with Max Callaghan of MarketAxess...
