On The Desk: Paul Squires: On calm and the storm
AXA Investment Managers’ global head of trading & securities financing displays a steady hand as his trading function begins servicing new investment models while...
Origination: Estithmar Holding issues QAR 500 million Sukuk
Estithmar Holding has issued a QAR 500 million Sukuk, the first corporate Sukuk denominated in Qatari Riyal. This issuance is the inaugural tranche of...
Oliver Haste joins Propellant.digital
Bond market analytics provider, Propellant.digital, has announced that Oliver Haste has joined as head of EMEA product, Propellant’s second senior appointment in five weeks,...
Rules & Ratings: S&P Global brings standard identifiers to private credit
S&P Global has expanded its LoanX IDs (LXIDs) to provide private credit identifiers.
The LXIDs identify instruments across counterparties and datasets, enabling them to be...
TransFICC: Technology in the spotlight
RFQ growth and DORA compel firms to focus on system capacity, high performance, complex workflow automation, and disaster recovery (DR).
The fixed income market structure...
Morgan Stanley begins trading listed FX at Eurex
Eurex has reported that Morgan Stanley has entered the listed FX business of the European derivatives exchange. As a major participant in the global...
LSEG invests in BondCliQ to expand fixed income data
London Stock Exchange Group and buy-side institutions have led fundraising in BondCliQ, which provides a consolidated quote system in the opaque and fragmented market...
Ratings & Analysis: Fitch’s rising stars accelerate upgraded debt levels
Changing credit ratings for three North American issuers in Q3 2025 pushed upgraded debt levels above downgraded debt in its global corporate portfolio, Fitch...
TS Imagine announces bookings up by 300% YoY for H1 2022
TS Imagine, the trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions provider, has reported significant growth during the first half of 2022 with sales bookings up...
Dark trading limits to apply from March after reporting failures
*Update* The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will only apply the double volume cap (DVC) mechanism for trading European equities from March 2018,...
S&P Global warns of great debt ‘reset’ as economics break down
The level of global debt is reaching crisis point, according to analysis from S&P Global Ratings, with debt issuance leading to lower levels of...
Coalition Greenwich: Electronic bond trading rises in US IG, declines in high yield
The use of electronic trading in corporate bonds will continue to increase, Coalition Greenwich’s March Data Spotlight has stated.
Electronic trading activity grew faster than...
