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Strong bid for credit drives down spreads in September
Despite a significant amount of new bond issuance, a strong bid for credit in the US caused secondary spreads to tighten last month.
With the slashing of prop trading revenues, investment banks are looking for areas to cut costs. Research looks vulnerable, says our columnist
The tendency among municipal issuers to call their bonds early in the belief they are refunding on better terms often results in the loss of future value, to the detriment of the taxpayer.
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Nomura names Rig Karkhanis new head of fixed income for Singapore
Nomura continues to expand its foreign exchange, interest rates, credit and commodities unit in Asia by recruiting Rig Karkhanis as new head of fixed income for Singapore
Nomura hires convertible bond head
Doug Decker joins Japanese bank from Wells Fargo.
Fixed income strategist joins Lloyds TSB
Charlie Diebel leaves Nomura to take up role of head of market strategy at Lloyds.
Axa loses structured finance chief to Goldman Sachs
Pierre-Emmanuel Juillard quits Axa to become Asian financial institutions structuring head at Goldman Sachs.
Deutsche hires high yield professionals for European trading business
German bank appoints Askin Aziz as analyst, while Andrew Jarman will join trading team.
Bond investors bullish on sub-Saharan Africa
Debt investors are looking to sub-Saharan Africa, where strong demand for commodities is propelling high growth.
Henderson recruits Griffiths as credit analyst
Andrew Griffiths joins Henderson Global Investors from Insight Investment.
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