© 2026 GlobalCapital, Derivia Intelligence Limited, company number 15235970, 161 Farringdon Rd, London EC1R 3AL. All rights reserved.

Accessibility | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Modern Slavery Statement | Event Participant Terms & Conditions | Cookies

Market News

More articles/Ad

More articles/Ad

More articles

  • Robert Stheeman, chief executive of the UK Debt Management Office has warned the decreasing margins earned by primary dealers have the potential to threaten overall market integrity.
  • Risk retention in securitization, designed to make sure players have ‘skin in the game’, has driven a trade that seems almost the opposite – investment banks profiting by using their market stature to hold risk retentions instead of their clients. Barclays is the most recent player to take advantage, and for the lowest fee yet.
  • Fitch Group has reached an agreement to acquire Fulcrum Financial Data, which includes financial analysis brands such as Covenant Review, LevFin Insights and Capital Structure.
  • Goldman Sachs and three other major banks have signed up to the project to build a joint electronic bookbuilding system for the US investment grade market, joining Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi, and JP Morgan and giving the new platform a strong shot at total market dominance. Goldman’s merchant banking arm sold Ipreo, the main rival to the new project, last week.
  • The US Federal Reserve Board has put forward a sweeping set of proposals to soften restrictions on proprietary trading under the Volcker rule, in a move that could free up banks to pursue more transactions related to underwriting and market making.
  • UBS, HSBC make ECM hires — JP Morgan adds Macquarie veteran to IB team — DCM changes at Natixis and StanChart — ABN Amro beefs up transportation and logistics biz — Kim joins HSBC Korea