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First-half net trading revenue rose 81% to $4.9 billion from the same period a year earlier at Citadel Securities, and gained 78% to $8.4 billion at Jane Street.

First-half net trading revenue rose 81% to $4.9 billion from the same period a year earlier at Citadel Securities, and gained 78% to $8.4 billion at Jane Street.

Observers and investors weigh in on how rate cuts may shift pricing dynamics for CLO tranches.

Treasuries have returned 1.7% this month through Aug. 28, on pace for a fourth straight monthly gain, according to the Bloomberg US Treasury Total Return Index.

Canadian asset-backed commercial paper issuers eye chance to narrow massive financing gap created by the CDOR benchmark cessation.

In the run-up to Powell's Jackson Hole speech, Treasuries tumbled across the US curve, with the move led by shorter maturities.

"Fed watchers will be parsing Powell's comments for signs that a 50bp rate cut is on the table for September," noted Lauren Saidel-Baker, an economist with ITR Economics. "However, the notoriously tight-lipped chair is unlikely to confirm this, making a 25bp cut the most likely outcome."

The fund, Sound Point Meridian Capital, invests in CLO equity. Fewer than 10 of these closed-end funds trade now, partly because starting one requires a backer willing to leave the money invested for years.

The company is selling bonds in five parts, and the longest portion of the deal, a 40-year note, will yield 1 percentage point above Treasuries.

The change in tone was obvious on Monday, when SBA Communications Corp. postponed the repricing of a $2.3 billion term loan.