MARKET NEWS
Citadel Securities, Deutsche Bank and more back FairCT
Ediphy has announced five major investors for fairCT business, provider of the European consolidated tape for bonds.
Barclays, Citadel Securities, Deutsche Bank, TP ICAP and...
ICE sees record OI in Euribor options
The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) recorded record open interest in Euribor options on 1 June.
The exchange reported that open interest in ICE Euribor futures and...
CA veteran joins Citi
Citi has appointed Florian Eichert as a managing director on the sovereign, supranational and agency (SSA) and covered bond trading team.
He is based in...
Bloomberg boosts European portfolio trading credit services
Bloomberg has expanded its spread-to-benchmark quoting and trading for credit portfolio trades, supporting euro- and sterling-denominated trades.
Spread-to-benchmark quoting allows market participants to evaluate and...
Last Chance to Register: Regulatory Review Webinar
Join for a live webinar examining how surveillance decisions are reviewed after alerts are closed and what firms are increasingly expected to justify months...
Taylor leads AI strategy at MUFG
Stu Taylor has been promoted to head of global markets AI strategy (ex-Japan) at MUFG.
He is based in London.
Commenting on the role via LinkedIn,...
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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FROM THE ARCHIVES
Chart of the week: Attack of the killer BBBs
The lowest tier of investment grade bonds show an interesting opportunity in the new issue space, as observed by analyst firm CreditSights. Relative value...
Me The Money Show – Episode Three
Dan Barnes interviews Lynn Strongin Dodds on the latest issue of Best Execution.
Primary markets : Discretion is the better part of bond issuance
The US regulator has raised questions over bank control of new issuance automation – the question is whether banks behave with valour.
A recent report...
Insights & Analysis: SEC new datasets show 2024 was a boom year for ABS
New regulatory data published by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Economic and Risk Analysis shows US asset-backed securities issuance almost doubling...
Analysis: Credit belongs to…
In 2021, electronic credit trading has seen a close fought race between two giants, MarketAxess and Tradeweb. While both have slightly different profiles, through...
US credit trade sizes swell YoY in May
US credit trading volumes were at their lowest year-to-date in May, but still showed considerable year-on-year (YoY) growth in both trade sizes and volumes.
Average...
As QE sails into history, investors look to unfamiliar shores
By Chris Hall.
The end of quantitative easing has been long signposted by central banks, but there are still sufficient sources of uncertainty to keep...
Can market-makers’ rebates explain CME’s credit futures high turnover ratio?
Credit futures trading on CME is characterised by high volumes on a low number of instruments, traded almost exclusively on the central limit order...
NowCM and Marketnode collaborate on digital APAC primary debt markets
NowCM Group and Marketnode have entered into an agreement to collaborate on the digitalisation of Asia-Pacific primary debt markets through a joint offering via...
Jamie Crank promoted at ASX
ASX has appointed Jamie Crank as group executive for technology and data, effective 9th September.
The appointment follows “an extensive external and internal search process”,...
LSEG extends Yield Book partnership for analytics with Citi
LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) has announced an extension to its long-standing Yield Book analytics partnership with Citi.
Yield Book and Citi have a long...
Did UBS/CS deal terms just revalue the entire AT1 bond market?
Buy-side trading desks say they are looking at the risk of contagion across financials, following the takeover of troubled Credit Suisse by UBS, for...
