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In the heady days of 2004-2007, before the Great Moderation came to a shuddering halt, it seemed set in stone that European investment grade credit default swaps traded tighter than their North American counterparts.

OpenDoor Trading has completed a second investment round as it stays on course for an October launch. GlobalCapital spoke to chief executive officer Susan Estes about the firm’s aims not only to help revive liquidity in the US Treasury market but also to become the first US bond trading platform both majority owned and controlled by women.

Banks are set to get a big boost in their markets divisions in their second quarter earnings, if they follow JP Morgan's lead. The US bank, the first to report second quarter earnings, posted a profit increase of 23% in markets after volatility and volumes surged in the aftermath of the UK vote to leave the European Union.

Reporting on earnings for a chaotic second quarter, JPMorgan set a dulcet tone for bank earnings season, showing steady rise on profits in all but two of the banks’ units, and with group profit down only $90m from June last year.

OpenDoor Trading has completed a second investment round as it stays on course for a fourth quarter launch. The firm aims not only to help revive liquidity in the US Treasury market but also to become the first US bond trading platform both majority owned and controlled by women.

Chinese logistics firm ZTO Express is seeking approval for an IPO in the US that could raise up to $2bn, according to a source familiar with the matter.

The latest $1.25bn underwritten loan for the UK’s Melrose may look like a Brexit-defying success. But in reality, the firm is a lender’s darling and this doesn’t necessarily mean the gates are open wide for all UK loans.

Regulators have failed to consider the data challenges of their plans to impose margin on uncleared swaps, threatening a “tidal wave of new documents”, said D2 Legal Technology, a consulting firm specialising in legal and regulatory data management.

The Chicago Board Options Exchange will start listing Monday-expiring ‘Weeklys’ options on the S&P 500 index from August, taking the number of SPX expiries it offers each week to three.

Data firms IHS and Markit completed their merger on Tuesday, after shareholders agreed terms for a deal worth $13bn in which bond, loan and derivative services are key areas of focus.

Nasdaq-listed China XD Plastics Co has launched a $180m two year financing into senior syndication via a single mandated lead arranger and bookrunner.

ISDA’s Determination Committee was in its third day of deliberation on Thursday over whether the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has triggered a failure to pay credit event, following the island having suspended as much as $1bn of general obligation debt payments that it was scheduled to make on July 1.