Primary markets start 2023 with top ten hit
Bond issuance for US investment grade on 3 January 2023 was the tenth largest day on record, according to data from Dealogic.
While January is...
On The DESK: Divide and conquer
The DESK interviews the team delivering continuous management of trading, for the world’s largest collective assets under management.
• Dan Veiner is Co-Head of Global...
Banks’ Q2 fixed income revenues see modest increases over year
Banks’ second quarter 2024 fixed income revenues have seen modest to substantial increases, with Goldman Sachs an outlier, witnessing substantial drops in FICC intermediation...
Big names out at BGC
Interdealer broker BGC Partners has made a wave of job cuts, as announced in April, which combined with recent departures has removed several heads...
Insights & Analysis: “Lock in attractive yields as easing cycle continues,” UBS advises
Trump’s election saw Treasury yields rise sharply but stabilise by the end of the week, with the VIX index dropping to its lowest since...
Crédit Agricole CIB makes senior debt market appointments in APAC
Javier Carballo has been named head of debt origination and advisory, Southeast Asia.
Carballo will be responsible for further developing Crédit Agricole CIB’s bond and loan...
On The DESK: Kirstie MacGillivray, CEO and head of investment dealing, Aegon AM UK
As CEO of Aegon UK and its head of investment dealing, Kirstie MacGillivray has a unique perspective across the front office and the board room...
ICE Bonds receives approval for expansion in Canada
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the market operator and data/technology provider has received approval to operate its ICE TMC fixed income trading platform in all Canadian...
Cboe begins publishing VIXTLT index to enhance volatility tracking
Cboe Global Markets has begun publishing intraday values for its 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Volatility Base Point (VIXTLT) Index.
The VIXTLT Index allows market...
Lone Star State drives over $44bn in new US munis at November elections
Voters across the US greenlit more than US$44 billion in new muni bonds at November’s elections, with 55% of all mooted bond measures approved...
Overbond taps AWS to deliver real-time pricing calculations
Fixed income analytics provider Overbond has launched a new real-time AI bond pricing engine that utilises the latest data processing serverless cloud architecture from...
Who can make money, market making Euro credit?
Looking at the average bid-ask spreads of European credit trades, and correlating them with the average trade sizes for the year to date based...
