On The DESK: Leaders in bond trading pinpoint risks and opportunities
We asked the buy-side traders we have profiled on The DESK for the past ten years to discuss the biggest changes they thought had...
China government bond issuance reducing transparency of total social finance
Understanding state support for the economy in China can be measured across several dynamics, but debt provision to the non-financial private sector, known as...
The Book: BofA DCM team give issuers confidence for financing in 2025
The DESK spoke with Bank of America’s Julien Roman, head of EMEA DCM FIG Origination, Paula Weisshuber, head of EMEA Corporate DCM, and Adrien...
Gensler confirmed to depart SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that its 33rd Chair, Gary Gensler, will step down from the Commission effective at 12:00 pm on...
E-trading platforms show mixed results in October’s market share battle
Electronic trading fixed income platforms saw a slight drop off in volume relative to October, but strong activity against the same period last year.
Bond...
Hamza Hoummady made head of European rates trading at Barclays
Barclays Investment Bank has named Hamza Hoummady as head of European rates trading, promoting him from head of EMEA non-linear rates trading, rates structuring...
September: US rates ADNV up 35% YoY amid wider uncertainty
In September, overall trading in US rates rose 1% year-over-year, standing at 59% of volumes, while the average daily notional volume stood at US$988...
UK government debt issuance soars
The latest report from the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), looking at European government bond markets, found that €1 trillion of bonds...
The Book: Digital Asset and Euroclear tokenise gilts and Eurobonds
Digital Asset, a blockchain system provider, has completed a collaborative initiative to tokenise gilts and Eurobonds.
Euroclear, The World Gold Council, and global law firm...
Key trends in emerging markets debt issuance in 2024
Emerging market debt is seeing the effects of government reforms in both democracies and autocracies this year, with stability being the watch word for...
