Keith Mullin, KM Capital Markets: But avoiding those pitfalls is not a trivial point if you lack full visibility going into a trade around how it might be received. In terms of how you assess what you need to do as intermediaries and how to position a deal to make sure it goes well, what are the additional factors that you need to take into account in this MiFID II world that we live in?   Mark Lewellen, Barclays: The point has already been made. Notwithstanding the tighter constraints we face d

Keith Mullin, KM Capital Markets: Welcome to the 2018 Thomson Reuters IFR Debt Capital Markets roundtable. Bond markets have been buffeted by a number of themes so far in 2018. Fed tightening and US curve-flattening, ECB taper-talk, equity market volatility, credit spread widening, high Libor-OIS spreads, and broader concerns around jobs, growth and inflation are just some of the elements playing into the market right now. How should we interpret all of this in terms of how it impacts deal-makin

Mark Lewellen Co-Head of Global Debt Capital Markets and Risk Solutions, Barclays Mark Lewellen is co-head of global debt capital markets and risk solutions for Barclays, based in London. The group is responsible for the marketing, origination and execution of bonds, hybrid capital, loans and risk management products for corporate, financial institution and public sector clients globally. Lewellen has 20 years of experience in debt capital markets and risk management, focusing on cross-border ev