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...
July 2023: Tradeweb sees total credit ADV jump 30% YoY in July driven by...
At Tradeweb, in July 2023, fully electronic US credit ADV was up 34.8% YoY to US$4.8 billion and European credit ADV was up 38.6%...
Corporate bond trade sizes climb in Europe
Total notional traded in European corporate bonds reached €5,397 billion in 2024, according to ICMA’s latest Secondary Market Data Report, an 11.8% increase on...
TransFICC launches eTrading service for interest rate swaps
TransFICC, the specialist provider of low-latency connectivity and workflow services for fixed income and derivatives markets, has launched a new eTrading service, which combines...
bondIT: Elevated global risk of credit re-ratings
bondIT, a provider of credit analytics and next-generation investment technology, has published its quarterly credit risk forecast, indicating an elevated credit risk across the...
Oppenheimer & Co adds three MDs to IG sales team
Oppenheimer & Co has hired Perren Thomas, Dennis Megley and Mike Henneberry onto its investment grade (IG) desk. Each will serve as managing directors...
Trivedi joins Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund, expanding asset allocation
Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund has seen the firm’s head of structured credit, Himani Trivedi, appointed to the firm’s portfolio management team.
Trivedi is...
‘Tis better to give than to receive? How ELPs affect credit trading
In a Christmassy spirited theme, The DESK considers how the advantages of electronic liquidity provision can support credit markets – and how the reception...
Mutually assured success: How interpersonal relationships create trust in electronic markets
Bond trading is a relationship business, with pricing and liquidity influenced by the strength of relationships between buy-side and sell-side. As the market moves...
PGIM: Research indicates liquidity event is tail risk with greatest impact
In a survey of 400 senior investment decision-makers at institutional investors in Australia, China, Germany, Japan, the UK and the US with a combined...
