Tag: Credit Spotlight

As bid-ask spreads begin to widen on both sides of the Atlantic, buy-side credit traders need to reassess how to best manage the crunch...

Of course, there is no right way to trade all credit, but there are clearly advantages in trading credit in such a way that...

Transaction cost analysis (TCA) – or execution quality analytics (EQA) – is a much sought after, but often objectively challenged, service in corporate bond...

The market is clearly very hungry for more credit, a positive signal given how much new and refinanced debt is being issued. This can most...

Transparency can smell like information leakage by any other name, to butcher a Shakespeare quotation. Giving up information needs to happen at the latest...

For investors, the derivatives market is a potentially a rich source for investment returns and risk management. It can also be a valuable source...

There is very limited access to secondary trading in private credit. Given the direct exposure to creditors, this might present a liquidity bottleneck for...

Dipping in and out of credit markets can reduce the value of investments for the non-specialist, but also for more experienced investors. In their 2014...

Making the working lives of credit traders better is The DESK’s mission. Traders are time poor, and systematising trading allows them to free up...

Evaluating the quality of a bond trade is made complex by the multiple dynamics which impact quality, and the frequent absence of data to...