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Here’s where Credit Suisse sees the risk of a bear market for bonds

Here’s where Credit Suisse sees the risk of a bear market for bonds
  • A major trigger of last week's market sell-off was the steady but unrelenting climb in U.S. Treasury yields.
  • Credit Suisse's Global Head of Technical Analysis believes the surpassing of 3.05 percent on the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield could signal a bond bear market.
  • Many experts hold that no specific level necessarily means a bear market, and that judgement is subjective.

WhatsApp messaging between RMs and clients raising compliance concerns

WhatsApp messaging between RMs and clients raising compliance concerns

Asia’s HNWIs are using smartphone apps to communicate with relationship managers, and bankers areresponding. This is causing problems for private banks, which must revisit their digital client communication channels, especially as regulators clamp down on investment suitability processes.

Internet giants battle to lure banks into cloud

Internet giants battle to lure banks into cloud


As commercial banking and trading move towards a more high-touch and personalised service while also staying in line with regulations – so financial firms will need greater insights from data. Artificial intelligence can help detect fraud in petabytes of data, while the internet of things – a network of physical devices – helps them track customer behaviour.

Buy-side bond traders reevaluating traditional RFQ model

Buy-side bond traders reevaluating traditional RFQ model

Asset managers trading corporate bond markets are evaluating a move away from the traditional request-for-quote (RFQ) model, opting instead for electronic execution to meet best execution requirements.

China's $11 Trillion Bond Market Is Winning Foreign Investors

China's $11 Trillion Bond Market Is Winning Foreign Investors

China’s efforts to open up its domestic bond market, the world’s third largest, are starting to pay off, by pulling in foreign investors drawn to relatively high yields in a newly stable currency.

China bond selloff won't signal global bear market

China bond selloff won't signal global bear market

THE unrelenting selloff in China's US$9 trillion onshore bond market last year caused deep angst among investors. That performance is far from enticing as the country aims to further open up this market, the world's third largest, through initiatives such as the Bond Connect programme.

BlackRock, Alliance Bernstein tapping more into electronic bond trading

BlackRock, Alliance Bernstein tapping more into electronic bond trading

Electronic trading is becoming increasingly important when it comes to corporate debt as fund management firms try to knit together sources of liquidity in a fragmented market, executives from Alliance Bernstein LP and BlackRock Inc said on Thursday.