Viewpoint: Tapping the expanding universe of credit futures and options
Cboe has launched options on Cboe iBoxx iShares Corporate Bond Index futures, and widened its trading hours to further expand the user base and...
Loyer promoted at AXA IM
Yannig Loyer has been named global head of trading, securities financing and derivatives at AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). He was appointed ahead of...
Viewpoint : Best Execution : Gherardo Lenti Capoduri
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MIFID II: Gaps still exist in best execution
Despite the best efforts of regulators, buy-side trading desks will need to be careful in their application...
BOB Secondary: US Credit has never had it so good
Liquidity in US credit has improved significantly over the past year, with bid-ask spreads lower than any point in 2022, according to MarketAxess’s CP+...
European HY bond issuance saw 45% increase in 2023
High yield bond issuance reached €66 billion in 2023, up from €45 billion in 2022 which had been a record low.
The findings come...
Origination: Citigroup to issue US$275 million in HKEX bonds
Citigroup Global Markets has issued US$275 million in cash-settled exchangeable bonds for shares in HKEX.
The scheduled issue date for the bonds is 10 April...
MarketAxess: Blockbusting Part 4 – Block Execution in US HG
In the latest of MarketAxess' Blockbusting series, our research team explores liqiudity profiles of block-sized RFQ trades between $1M- $10M on MarketAxess across a...
Rising rates but falling demand
Analysis by JP Morgan’s Global Markets Strategy team, Nikos Panigirtzoglou, Mika Inkinen and Mayur Yeole has cast an interesting light on the prospects for...
Simon Bevan promoted at ING
Simon Bevan has been promoted to global head of eTrading at ING.
Bevan has 15 years of industry experience and has been with ING as...
KeyBanc Capital Markets adopts Bloomberg B-PIPE for investment grade credit algorithm
KeyBanc Capital Markets (KBCM), the corporate and investment banking arm of Cleveland-based KeyCorp, has adopted Bloomberg’s real-time market data feed, B-PIPE, for its investment...
GAM in talks with Newgame after unsuccessful Liontrust bid
Global Asset Management (GAM) has entered into talks with investor group Newgame after the mooted Liontrust bid is now expected not to materialise.
The “constructive...
Coalition Greenwich: US Treasury e-trading volumes hit record in February
US Treasury volumes saw an average daily notional value (ADNV) of US$918 billion in February 2024, Coalition Greenwich’s March Data Spotlight has reported, up...
