SEC report highlights dealer threat to buy-side allocations in primary markets
US market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has reported buy-side firms feel pressured not to publicly speak out about the challenges of the new ...
RBC Capital Markets joins DirectBooks
DirectBooks, the capital markets consortium founded to improve the bond issuance process has seen RBC Capital Markets join its platform as a member.
Mizuho and Credit Suisse join DirectBooks
DirectBooks, the capital markets consortium developing bond issuance technology to increase primary market efficiency has announced that Mizuho and Credit Suisse have ...
Bond Origination Technologies set to launch early 2021
Bond Origination Technologies (Bots), a London-based financial technology start-up for the primary debt capital markets (DCM), has completed its latest fundraising ...
DirectBooks launches platform for issuance of US corporate bonds; European expansion on cards
Rich Kerschner, CEO, DirectBooks.
Buy-side fights back against primary market pressure
As new platforms promise to increase efficiency in bond issuance, buy-side firms are looking for leverage to drive change, and not only through technology. The US debt ...
AXA IM: Credit downgrades increases concentration and liquidity risk in index investment
Simon Baxter, portfolio manager, AXA Investment Managers.
TMPG: US Treasuries supply may strain market makers; Fed guidance a concern
Newly released minutes from the Federal Reserve’s Treasury Market Practices Group, an industry-led advisory body on market structure and trading, has indicated concern ...
EM debt funds on a winning streak for inflows
According to Morgan Stanley analysis, emerging market (EM) debt funds have seen eight weeks of inflows over the summer period, representing the longest streak since June ...
Buy side issues framework to standardise bond issuance
The Credit Roundtable, a buy-side lobby group for bondholder protection has issued an ‘Investment Grade Primary Best Practices Framework’ designed to improve bond ...
Liquidnet launches primary bond market offering as buy side demands innovation
Block-trading specialist Liquidnet is launching into the primary market technology space. Its new electronic solution, Liquidnet Debt Capital Markets (DCM), is focused ...
DirectBooks names team and launches advisory committee
Rich Kerschner, CEO, DirectBooks
Buy side wants new tools in primary market tsunami
Several buy-side traders report new primary bond market tools could come online this year in the US, with dealer consortium DirectBooks expected to step up, Bloomberg ...
Fed’s Treasury Market Practices Group sheds light on March liquidity crisis
Minutes of the 31 March meeting of the Federal Reserve’s Treasury Market Practices Group (TMPG), including an update on a 19 March call between members, has highlighted ...
Bond issuance platform eppf signs deal with DZ Bank
European bond issuance platform, european primary placement facility (eppf), has signed a new cooperation agreement with DZ Bank. eppf’s bond issuance platform will now ...
