MARKET NEWS
Bidding for nothing – what do you get for 68p?
Court documents filed by Ediphy Analytics explain that it planned to offer consolidated bond tapes for free – before it was knocked out of...
Ediphy slams FCA for CTP auction chaos
Ediphy Analytics alleges that the Financial Conduct Authority has breached its own rules in selecting Etrading Software as the UK bond consolidated tape provider.
"The...
IOSCO sets pre-hedging guard rails, amid calls for ban
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), has published its final report on pre-hedging, amid call for the practice to be banned, and allegations...
Yield Book data made available through Finbourne’s LUSID
LSEG’s Yield Book fixed income data and analytics will be available in Finbourne Technology’s Liberated Unified Secure Investment Data-machine (LUSID) data management platform from...
MarketAxess launches FI opening and closing auctions
MarketAxess is launching opening and closing auctions for US credit “in the coming weeks”.
Opening and closing auctions have long been available in equity and...
Chainlink collaborates with Tradeweb, UBS
Chainlink is capitalising on the industry’s growing demand for tokenisation and on-chain operations, announcing a data partnership with Tradeweb and completing the first live...
FEATURES
Credit futures see OI and ADV increase more than sevenfold YoY
The adoption of credit futures as a mainstream credit trading vehicle is broadening across venues and currencies: US$ iBoxx total return based futures traded...
Trade size growth undercuts European bond market ‘equitification’
Since 2023 European corporate bond markets have seen trades size grow, as trading platforms report increasing volumes
“If we break down electronic trading growth in European...
The pretenders, and kingmakers, to the bond throne
Dealers are backing several new trading platforms who are fighting major incumbents for market share.
In the bond market, the trading platform landscape has been...
Declaration of dependence
US president to oversee financial institution regulation amid deregulation drive.
Executive orders signed by US president, Donald Trump, have given him oversight of all US...
PROFILES
RESEARCH
Bond traders predict data science/AI use explosion in 2026
The DESK’s Corporate Bond Liquidity Access Survey, supported by LTX, finds trading desks are on the cusp of change.
Buy-side traders see 2026 as a turning...
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Breaking into credit with e-trading
The rising rate environment has increased interest in fixed income exposure amongst end investors.
In the US, The DESK has met with several fund...
Rules & Ratings: Ratings agencies spar in private ratings legitimacy debacle
KBRA has hit back at Fitch Ratings’ claims that private credit ratings are inaccurate, stating that the agency has damaged its reputation and integrity...
Can primary markets deflate?
Inflation levels could have a direct impact on volume of work – and therefore operational pressure – on buy-side trading desks.
Managing the process of...
The Book: JP Morgan rules the roost in Q1 DCM market share
JP Morgan has retained its top spot in global debt capital markets rankings by volume for Q1 2025, according to Dealogic.
With US$178.5 billion, 806...
Broadway Technology named infrastructure service provider for Cboe’s US Treasuries platform
Market operator Cboe Global Markets has selected Broadway Technology as an infrastructure service provider (ISP) for its new US Treasuries trading platform.
Broadway provides...
Vincent joins Kepler Cheuvreux’s commercial paper development
Etienne Vincent has rejoined Kepler Cheuvreux as the firm expands its fixed income services.
Based in Paris, Vincent will develop Kepler Cheuvreux’s commercial paper (CP)...
MiFID II: What could go wrong
Keep an eye on these potential points of failure, writes Dan Barnes.
For trading desks the impact of the new Markets in Financial Instruments Directive...
ESMA’s DLT regime could go permanent, despite low takeup
The European Securities and Markets Association (ESMA) has outlined potential amendments to make its distributed ledger technology (DLT) pilot regime permanent, despite a lacklustre...
All I want for Christmas, is trading analytics
Traders would do well to run close analysis over their European trading activity this month, as data from MarketAxess Trax, which tracks trading across...
CME, DTCC boost cross-margining services
DTCC and CME Group have expanded their cross-margining initiative for clients of CME and the Government Securities Division (GSD) of DTCC's Fixed Income Clearing...
FMSB publishes final standard for the sharing of investor allocation information
The FICC Markets Standards Board (FMSB) has published the final standard for the sharing of investor allocation information in the fixed income primary markets.
Syndicate...
CFTC Chair Behnam to Step Down Amid Regulatory Transition
Rostin Behnam, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has announced his departure after steering the agency through a transformative period in digital and...
