The US: Too big to Fitch?
Ratings agency Fitch has downgraded the United States’ long-term credit ratings to AA+ from AAA and removed the rating ‘Watch Negative’ stating “ reflects...
Exclusive: LedgerEdge to go into administration
LedgerEdge, the distributed ledger-based fixed income trading venue, has closed down.
Founder, David Rutter, said, “We can confirm LedgerEdge has closed, three years after...
Exclusive: What do buy-side traders think about Citadel’s entry into credit?
We asked senior buy-side trading heads about electronic market maker, Citadel Securities, entry into the corporate bond market as a direct market maker, a...
Coalition Greenwich: Dealers holding long-dated bonds again; net Treasury positions double
Dealers are holding positive levels of longer-dated corporate bonds in their inventories again, and treasury bills drove volume growth in H1 2023, according to...
Lloyds Bank joins Neptune
Lloyds Bank has joined Neptune Networks' bond dealer community.
Neptune delivers axe data from 32 dealers in global Fixed Income to over 90 buy-side...
Adaptive expands its ‘Operate’ offering, opens Asia office
Electronic trading tech provider Adaptive has expanded its 'Operate' offering to a round-the-clock service and opened its first office in Asia.
Matt Barrett, Adaptive...
Implied cost of liquidity falling, with US high yield an exception
Volumes in the corporate bond markets have been picking back up, relative to bid-ask spreads, indicating an improving liquidity picture across the US and...
Issuance pushes outstanding global debt up 6.2%
Companies around the world took on US$456 billion of net new debt in 2022/23, as of 31 March 2023, pushing the outstanding total up...
Lower market volumes hitting platforms hard in June
Electronic platforms saw tough market conditions hitting volumes, reflecting lower trading volatility overall in the market, although Tradeweb was able to post net average...
Tom Roh joins BTIG’s DCM team
BTIG has named Thomas Roh as its new managing director within its investment banking debt capital advisory group.
Roh brings “extensive product expertise” across...