Fixed Income

Don’t sleep on emerging markets fixed income

As the industry turns its collective attention to the potential for a rebounding of emerging markets in the fixed income sphere, Claudia Preece takes a look at the current state of play, unpacking how both firms and providers are keeping EM bonds front of mind to maximise opportunities in the space and the key motivations for desks going forward.

ESMA to pick bond CTP by July 2025

The selection procedure for the bond consolidated tape provider (CTP) and the CTP for shares and exchange traded funds ETFs will launch in January 2025 and June 2025 respectively.

Groupama AM fixed income traders join Amundi

The move follows Groupama Asset Management and Amundi Intermediation’s strategic partnership, announced in May, which saw the firms merge their trading capacities to enhance trading efficiencies.