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Rays of light for fixed income leaders as Goldman Sachs holds its nerve

Fixed income is not a story of universal gloom, but increased market concentration means big US banks outpace smaller European rivals

Rays of light for fixed income leaders as Goldman Sachs holds its nerve
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These have been pretty grim times for European fixed income traders. Almost everywhere they looked in recent weeks there seems to have been bad news.

Nomura has just taken the axe to its bond and foreign exchange trading teams in London. Fixed income trading is also expected to bear the brunt of cuts at BNP Paribas and Societe Generale.

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