Using comprehensive administrative data from the UK, we examine trading by different investor groups in government bond markets. Our sample covers virtually all secondary market trading in gilts and contains detailed information of each transaction, including the identities of both...

Using regulatory data on CDS holdings and corporate bond transactions, I provide evidence for a liquidity spillover effect from CDS to bond markets. Bond trading volumes are 70% larger for investors with CDS positions written on the debt issuer. Moreover, higher CDS trading activity...

We study investor trading behaviour and yield patterns in the UK government bond market during the recent Covid crisis. We show that the yield spike in mid-March 2020 was accompanied by heavy selling of gilts by UK-based insurance companies and pension funds (ICPFs), which we argue was an...

Using a unique regulatory dataset with disclosed counterparty identities, we show that clients in corporate bond markets outperform when they trade with more dealers. The effect is stronger for informationally sensitive clients, assets, and during informationally intensive periods including...

Using a unique regulatory dataset with disclosed counterparty identities, we show that clients in corporate bond markets outperform when they trade with more dealers. The effect is stronger for informationally sensitive clients, assets, and during informationally intensive periods including...

This paper uses transaction-level data on the universe of traded UK inflation swaps to characterize who buys and sells inflation risk, when, and with what price elasticity. This provides measures of expected inflation cleaned from liquidity frictions. We first show that this market is segmented:...