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Dimon warns of downturn as fixed income revenues falter
Fixed income trading revenues fell for most US banks in the second quarter, with JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon warning that the strong environment...
SpaceX seeks bridge loan relief with mega bond issuance
SpaceX’s US$25 billion bond issuance, the first since its IPO on 12 June, was the largest corporate issuance of June – and surpassed sub-sovereign...
BondAuction closes
BondAuction has announced its closure, citing a lack of market adoption.
The platform was designed to improve transparency and efficiency in syndicated bond issuance and...
Bloomberg chases MarketAxess on IGB e-trading
Indian government bonds (IGBs) can now be traded electronically through Bloomberg.
MarketAxess was the first firm to offer IGB e-trading, launching the service last June.
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Denjean promoted at Natixis CIB
Marc Denjean has been promoted to global head of credit markets at Natixis Corporate and Investment Banking.
He is based in London.
Natixis reported €1.3 billion...
Abettan joins Citadel Securities in Paris
Rudy Abettan has joined the fixed income sales team at Citadel Securities. He is based in Paris.
Abettan has more than 15 years of industry...
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Acadian’s Michael Doros on the future of systematic credit trading
As credit markets become increasingly electronic, systematic managers are gaining new opportunities to scale research, improve execution, and optimize portfolios in real time. Traders...
Invesco: Kaizen and the art of trading
Running one of the leanest teams on the street, Ray Uy’s traders amplify their firm’s investment ideas by combining deep relationships, cutting edge technologies...
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...
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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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JP Morgan leads DCM amidst primary markets retreat in Q1 2025
In the first quarter of 2025, global debt capital markets (DCM) activity retreated while JP Morgan maintained its position at the top of the...
J.P. Morgan: Brooke Bauer on the future of rates execution
The Future of Rates Execution: Lessons learned from FX.
Brooke Bauer, Head of Americas Rates & Repo Electronic Sales at JP Morgan, speaks to Trader...
FILS 2022: Big themes this year
The innovation day at the Fixed Income Leaders Summits (FILS) on Tuesday is held under the Chatham House rule preventing direct reporting of what...
Rules & Ratings: EM credit risk on the rise, says Fitch
Fitch Ratings has revised its sector outlooks for APAC, Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa sovereign to ‘deteriorating’ from ‘neutral’ as credit risk rises.
Credit risk...
Gary Harper joins Societe Generale
Gary Harper has been appointed managing director and head of emerging markets credit trading at Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking, based in London.
He...
FILS 2021: AxeTrading integrates ICE pricing and analytics
AxeTrading, the fixed income trading software company, has demonstrated the integration of ICE’s leading pricing, analytics and market data into the AxeTrader Quoting and...
Flextrade deployed at Mirae Asset Securities US operations
Mirae Asset Securities (USA) has selected FlexTrade Systems’ ColorPalette Order and Execution Management System (OEMS). The move is designed to support the firm’s overnight...
FILS USA 2023: ‘Rising Stars’ discuss present, future skillsets in finance
It is about bridging the gap between the front office and technologists.
Themes of the Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Nashville included technology’s impact...
Why is collateral not under pressure?
The repapering of CSAs may be taking precedent but collateral management is coming back on the agenda. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports.
Ever since the European...
Fixed income’s slow adaptation to payment for research
By Flora McFarlane
While MiFID II’s unbundling rules across the board are in full swing, fixed income is still getting used to the accompanying cultural...
The DESK’s Trading Intentions Survey 2021 : Profiles
Bloomberg
Bloomberg has the highest penetration of any provider into the buy-side fixed income trading desk. This year has seen it significantly revise charges to...
CME Group ADV up 32% year-on-year for October
Market and infrastructure operator CME Group, has reported its October 2021 market statistics, showing average daily volume (ADV) increased 32 percent to 20.4 million...
