US liquidity costs spiked more violently than in Europe
Bid-ask spreads have widened massively in recent weeks, according to MarketAxess CP+ data, with the price in US investment grade nearly doubling in the...
Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, US Bancorp and Wells Fargo back Versana digital loan platform
Versana has announced the addition of four new banks – Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, US Bancorp and Wells Fargo – as investors in its...
AT1 trading volume was elevated a week ahead of Credit Suisse wipe-out
Trading in AT1 bonds spiked on Monday 20th March as a result of the Credit Suisse rescue at the weekend, with one platform trader...
MSIM launches two new bond funds
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has announced the launch of two new funds, the MSINVF Short Maturity Euro Corporate Bond Fund and the MSINVF...
Outsourced trading consolidates further with State Street’s new acquisition
State Street Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CF Global Trading, a global firm specialising in outsourced trading on an agency...
Overbond launches trade size-sensitive AI bond liquidity and pricing analytics
Overbond, the API-based credit trading automation and execution service, has launched artificial intelligence-driven liquidity and price confidence analytics, that are designed to auto-adapt to...
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...
The week in summary: Credit Suisse; fixed income liquidity; ‘Who died?’
This week has been very challenging for buy-side trading desks as broker-dealers struggle to price bonds, and uncertainty gripped markets.
“I was off Monday, came...
Exclusive: FENICS Invitations closes
Multiple market sources have confirmed that Fenics Invitations has closed.
The execution service, run by interdealer broker BGC Partners, was intended to provide an all-day...
When banks go bust holding boring bonds
**This article will appear in full in the next issue of The DESK**
Government bonds are described as a 'risk-free' instrument, on the basis that...
