Barclays Capital provides clients with a global convertibles platform from origination and sales to trading and research. Our dedicated sales team has demonstrated superior client coverage and execution capability, selling benchmark transactions, complex structured private solutions and product tailored for each issuer’s sector and circumstance. We cover approximately 90% of the 800 names in the US convertibles market.
Barclays Capital plays a leading role in innovating and evolving the global Sukuk market Islamic bonds. As the world’s largest underwriter of convertible Sukuk, we provide unique knowledge and experience in the industry.
A comprehensive innovative research platform is part of our core offering and includes daily and weekly market views, thematic research analysis, convertible analytics, new issue data and related equity, credit and strategy research, and tailored analysis for clients.
Greenwich Associates survey recognised our market leadership including the following awards:
2008 US Investors Survey
- #1 in US Convertible Trading Share with Fundamental Accounts
- #1 in Overall Trading, Research and Underwriting Quality with Accounts $2bn+
- #1 in Penetration in Synthetic Convertibles
Our dedicated research team has product depth and expertise across the convertible market, producing strategy reports, sector analysis, periodicals, and annual outlook event-driven publications. The team creates idea/trade based research: GAP, RIG, TEVA, auto retailers, and solar sector and cross product research: derivatives, risk arbitrage, and index analysis color. Convertible research has developed the most comprehensive US Convertible Index on the street with seven broad categories and 116 individual sub-indices, the most comprehensive statistics on the convertibles market and daily pricing.
CB Insight is a comprehensive web-based analytics platform on the convertibles market, providing clients with access to the same models and data used by our desk. The platform features tools to identify liquid sectors and issues, analyse the supply in the new issues market, structuring and valuation analysis; and relative value evaluations of individual issues.
