MARKET NEWS
US credit traders watch volumes, e-trading grow
Average daily notional volumes (ADNV) in US corporate bonds have been rising steadily since 2022, already hitting US$49.8 billion year-to-date. According to asset managers...
Sutherland promoted at Schroders
Neil Sutherland has been promoted to head of US fixed income trading at Schroders.
He is based in New York.
Schroders reported £823.7 billion in assets...
Walls, Sekora take senior FCA roles
Simon Walls’s role as executive director of markets at the FCA has been made permanent, after holding the position on a temporary basis since...
Trumid triumphs in tricky April credit e-trading market
US electronic credit trading volumes fell off a cliff in April for Tradeweb and MarketAxess, with average daily volumes (ADV) falling by 14.5% and...
Parmar promoted at CIBC
Shivani Parmar has been promoted to a repo trading role within CIBC Capital Markets’s global credit financing team.
She is based in London.
In Q1 2026,...
ETS scraps out-of-hours model, Ediphy drops legal case
The UK bond consolidated tape saga appears to be cooling down, as Etrading Software irons out its support services and Ediphy backs down from...
FEATURES
The accelerating boat to China: A faster route for traders
China offers investors a wealth of opportunity, with the caveat that markets are not fully open. Where the authorities are cautious about changes to market...
Eurex sees lit credit future liquidity migrate to dark
The Bloomberg / Eurex credit futures conference in mid-January 2026 had all seats taken and attendees standing in the aisles. That bursting enthusiasm was...
Human battles machine in JGB market
Participants say electronic trading of Japanese government bonds has reached an inflection point, but others counter that the death of voice trading has been...
Credit futures see OI and ADV increase more than sevenfold YoY
The adoption of credit futures as a mainstream credit trading vehicle is broadening across venues and currencies: US$ iBoxx total return based futures traded...
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RESEARCH
Trading Intentions Survey: Data and protocol innovation are the battlegrounds for...
The 2026 Trading Intentions Survey has found that data is the most hotly-contested field in supporting corporate bond trading today, while analysis of trading...
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ESMA consults on potential changes to CSDR penalty regime
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a consultation paper seeking input on amendments to the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) penalty...
Aegon Asset Management appoints global CIO for fixed income
Aegon Asset Management has appointed Russ Morrison as its new global chief investment officer responsible for managing its €170 (US $188) billion fixed income...
Ratings and analysis: Bank of America says fund managers are no longer “frothy bulls”
In its fund manager survey release on 17 march, Bank of America describes fund manager sentiment as declining to six-month lox six months low.
Iran,...
Liquidnet reports 57% jump in bond liquidity during volatile markets
Liquidnet has reported that the recent volatility led to an increase in bond trading volumes on the all-to-all block trading platform.
“In the last six...
QE: A rush for the exit
Fixed income portfolios need to be reassessed in preparation for the end of asset purchasing programmes. Dan Barnes reports.
Quantitative easing has wound up an...
AFME welcomes political agreement over CSDR mandatory buy-in
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has welcomed political agreement regarding the European Union's refit of the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR)....
Irvine swaps Aberdeen for BNPP AM
Jamie Irvine has joined BNP Paribas Asset Management as a portfolio manager on the global aggregate and absolute return team.
Based in London, he reports...
Greenwich Associates: European fixed income trading becoming more concentrated
Regulatory changes and difficult market conditions have made European fixed income a more challenging business for banks, according to analyst house Greenwich Associates, leading...
Genesis launches web-based middle-office solution for fixed income trading
Genesis Global, a financial services software development company, has launched a web version of its multi-asset class middle-office solution, Trade Allocation Manager (TAM). Genesis...
Calls on UK to issue first green sovereign bond with 10 to 12yr maturity...
A majority of investors and banks are calling on the UK government to issue its maiden sovereign green bond with a 10–12-year maturity next...
Origination: BMO issues US$1 billion in 60-year notes
The Bank of Montreal (BMO) has issued US$1 billion in additional tier 1 limited recourse capital notes (LCRN).
The series six LCRNs have a 6.875%...
FILS in Barcelona: Tough calls for investors
Big picture phrases like ‘higher for longer’ and ‘transitory’ inflation are too imprecise to guide a professional investor, the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit (FILS)...
