Market knowledge, innovation, unparalleled distribution and a willingness to commit capital to clients, makes Citi a global fixed income powerhouse. We are a leader in fixed income underwriting, structuring, sales and trading across all asset classes including corporate, government and agency bonds, asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities, syndicated loans, structured products, foreign exchange and futures.

The fixed income team is involved in the entire financing process; from providing advice on capital structures and financing strategies with issuers to assisting in the pricing and distribution of securities and loans to investors.

Sales & Trading

With a team that is one of the largest single traders of Australian and New Zealand corporate and government paper, Citi offers a broad range of investment opportunities and advisory services for investors and treasurers. We cover all secondary debt markets including the government and corporate sectors as well as credit derivatives, secured financing, money market and commercial paper.

Our foreign exchange services cover every geography and time zone to trade in over 100 currencies. Our interest rate derivatives group covers all plain vanilla swap-based products including overnight index swaps, cross currency swaps plus a large range of options, structured or tailored products and exotics.

Citi also offers expertise in commodities, in particular base metals such as zinc and copper, precious metals such as gold, and energy commodities such as oil and gas. The global futures broking and clearing business completes the coverage of secondary market activities.

Fixed Income Capital Markets

In Australia and New Zealand, Citi is a major underwriter of local and cross-border issues in the global debt markets. We advise issuers seeking access to established global markets in the US, Europe and Japan as well as new markets such as China. Whether it is a multi-currency bond issue, a highly complex securitisation or the syndication of loans, we can offer the right solution and execute with precision.

Credit Research

Citi has a long tradition of being the premier provider of corporate credit research to fixed income credit research team carries on this leadership role via regular, in-depth and independent credit analysis of Australian and New Zealand corporates across all sectors in fixed income cash and derivative markets. Leveraging an unparalleled global network and footprint, Citi's credit team regularly receives industry recognition for the superior quality of its research.

Bond Portfolio Analysis

The Bond Portfolio Analysis team provides portfolio management services, global indices and benchmarking, quantitative research and product development. As with many of our services, our local analysts work closely through our global network to provide investors with the latest techniques and research.