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Scottish ‘vanity’ issuance project puts investors at risk from independence
The Scottish Government has confirmed plans to enter the bond market and issue £1.5bn of debt in 2026-2027.
Ben Ashby, chief investment officer at...
Milei’s victory saw Argentinian debt traders reach for rapid risk transfer
In late October 2025, Argentine President Javier Milei’s party, La Libertad Avanza, scored a decisive win, in the country’s midterm elections, a political triumph...
October credit futures’ activity cools after September busy roll month
In October trading volumes of credit futures at Eurex, Cboe global markets and CME cooled after the September roll month, but open interest continued...
Scotland rated AA/Aa3 ahead of debut ‘kilt’ bonds
Scotland has received its first standalone credit ratings from Moody’s and S&P Global, with both agencies placing the Scottish Government on the same high...
T. Rowe Price deploys Genesis’ primary bond custom tool
T. Rowe Price has gone live with Genesis global’s primary bond issuance (PBI) tool. It aims to standardise how its fixed income teams manage...
BoE issues stablecoin regulation proposals
The Bank of England has issued a proposed regulatory regime for sterling-denominated systemic stablecoins, revising two elements of policy proposed in a 2023 discussion...
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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...
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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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OpenDoor launches all-to-all platform in US Treasury market
OpenDoor Securities has launched a trading platform focussed on the less liquid segments of the US Treasury bond market. Nearly three dozen firms representing...
FILS 2021: Next steps to automating the bond market
Data analysis, interoperability and flexibility are the top priorities for automating the bond markets, delegates at the 2021 Fixed Income Leaders Summit (FILS) in...
Darren Bustin joins Schroders
Darren Bustin is to join Schroders Solutions on 1 September 2022, in the newly created role as head of Schroders Solutions Capabilities.
Bustin brings over...
How a partnership led by innovation is helping benefit investors
Tradeweb and Generali Investments have worked carefully to engineer maximum change with minimal risk to better support the asset manager’s clients.
Enrico Bruni, head of Europe...
Analysing the split between US and EU investment grade trade sizes
Recent reports that high yield (HY) trades are increasing in size and investment grade (IG) are shrinking, have ignored the year-on-year growth of European...
Electronification nudging firms to single trading platforms FlexTrade says as Amundi opts for FlexTRADER...
Speaking to The DESK, FlexTrade EMEA managing director Andy Mahoney said the trend towards the electronification of fixed income has prompted firms to create...
MarketAxess connects to China via Bond Connect and CFETS
Bond market operator MarketAxess has launched a new trading channel for its global investors to access the China Interbank Bond Market (CIBM). Access is...
Robbert Booij to join Eurex as CEO of Eurex Frankfurt AG
Eurex has named Robbert Booij as CEO of Eurex Frankfurt AG, effective 1 July 2024.
Booij will succeed Michael Peters and, as of 1 May,...
FCA consultation lays ground for ending bond SI regime
The FCA’s consultation CP25/20 proposes scrapping the systematic internaliser (SI) regime for bonds, derivatives, structured-finance products and emission allowances to align with the transparency...
FILS 2021: Overbond adds pre-trade streaming API for TCA into EMS automation suite
Overbond, a provider of AI analytics and trade automation for the global fixed income markets, has added pre-trade and post-trade transaction cost analysis (TCA)...
UK government debt issuance soars
The latest report from the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), looking at European government bond markets, found that €1 trillion of bonds...
Liquidity provider profile: Millennium Advisors
The DESK looks at fixed income liquidity providers business models in depth.
This month, we spoke with Millennium Advisors' Laurent Paulhac, group CEO and Caroline...
