MARKET NEWS
Justesen joins Muzinich
Jakob Justesen has joined Muzinich as a fixed income trader. He is based in London.
Privately owned investment firm Muzinich specialises in public and private...
FIM Partners appoints emerging market debt trader
FIM Partners has hired Nicholas Nellis as a portfolio manager and trader focused on emerging-market debt.
He joins the London and Dubai-based investment manager after...
UK bond CTP suspension lifted
Etrading Software can finally sign the UK bond consolidated tape provider contract, with Ediphy consenting to the High Court suspension being lifted.
CEO Chris Murphy...
New Issue IQ, Boltzbit partner on primary market automation
Bond issuance fintech New Issue IQ has partnered with AI firm Boltzbit to improve its processing operations, seeking to automate a traditionally manual area...
CME Group outage boosts FMX’s case, BofA says
CME Group’s market outages were resolved at 8:20 CT on 28 November, after a less-than-restful Thanksgiving for the organisation. But while it’s back to...
Collins leaves Trumid for MarketAxess
Gav Collins has swapped Trumid for MarketAxess, being named head of the transformation office.
Based in London, Collins will work on the firm’s long-term strategic...
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...
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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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FROM THE ARCHIVES
Mitali Sohoni and Dina Faenson promoted at Citi
Citi has appointed Mitali Sohoni as head of North American markets and Dina Faenson as CEO of Citigroup Global Markets (CGMI), according to a...
APG selects FlexTrade for multi-asset execution
APG Asset Management (APG) has selected FlexTrade’s execution management platform, FlexTRADER EMS, to consolidate and streamline its multi-asset execution management capabilities.
APG, headquartered in the...
Jefferies: Fixed income ETFs drive transformation of the market
The impact of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the fixed income market cannot be overstated, agreed speakers at Jefferies’ ‘New Investing Frontiers – Explore the...
Me the Money Show – Episode One
In this pilot episode, Markets Media Group editors Dan Barnes and Terry Flanagan discuss current conditions in institutional capital markets. Topics covered include how...
SEC committee proposes TRACE block trading delay
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory committee met on 9 April 2018 to discuss a proposed pilot for a...
Mutually assured success: How interpersonal relationships create trust in electronic markets
Bond trading is a relationship business, with pricing and liquidity influenced by the strength of relationships between buy-side and sell-side. As the market moves...
ICE: Measuring and managing climate risk in debt markets
As the physical risks associated with climate rapidly shift, borrowers, lenders and investors need to better understand their exposure. Larry Lawrence, head of sustainable...
TransFICC: The Network is the Market – Improving access and automation in fixed income
By Steve Toland, co-founder TransFICC.
Remember Sun Microsystems’ tag line from 1984? “The Network is the Computer” – meaning computers should be networked, or they...
Bloomberg cracks?
By Josh Weinberger & Dan Barnes.
The famously holistic service has broken out the Instant Bloomberg chat function for non-terminal users, delivering what looks like...
FILS in Barcelona: ‘Spectre at the feast’ as recession looming despite falling inflation
At FILS 2023, Amir Fergani head of fixed income France & EMEA at Generali Insurance Asset Management, Philippe Waechter, chief economist at Ostrum Asset...
Bid-ask spreads drop 25% on average in many markets
The cost of liquidity as measured by the bid-ask spread in bond trading has fallen by approximately 25% since the start of the year,...
Diligent and S&P Global Market Intelligence launch insights reporting service
Governance, risk and compliance software firm Diligent has partnered with S&P Global Market Intelligence to launch Diligent Market Insights Reporting.
The service provides reports on...























































