MARKET NEWS
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...
Scott swaps JP Morgan for Bloomberg
Ryan Scott has joined Bloomberg’s rates electronic sales team. He is based in New York.
Last year, the firm released a report suggesting that automated...
Fenwick joins HSBC
David Fenwick has joined HSBC as an investment grade credit sales trader, swapping the buy side for the sell side.
HSBC reported US$6.7 billion in...
MarketAxess outperforms competition in October through slower month
US electronic credit trading slowed down in October. FINRA’s TRACE tape recorded combined US investment-grade (IG) and high-yield (HY) average daily volume (ADV) at...
Bidding for nothing – what do you get for 68p?
Court documents filed by Ediphy Analytics explain that it planned to offer consolidated bond tapes for free – before it was knocked out of...
Ediphy slams FCA for CTP auction chaos
Ediphy Analytics alleges that the Financial Conduct Authority has breached its own rules in selecting Etrading Software as the UK bond consolidated tape provider.
"The...
FEATURES
Credit futures see OI and ADV increase more than sevenfold YoY
The adoption of credit futures as a mainstream credit trading vehicle is broadening across venues and currencies: US$ 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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FROM THE ARCHIVES
Origination: Government bond supply next week
Nominal supply of bonds scheduled in the Euro area next week is expected to level at €17.8 billion of European government bonds (EGBs), according...
Trade sizes rise in Europe, fall in US
The end of 2024 indicates is seeing quite different changes to trade sizes in the corporate bond markets of Europe and the US, according...
Greenan joins Aquis
John Greenan has joined Aquis Exchange as director of technologies.
Based in London, Greenan is responsible for the sales and contracting activities of the firm’s...
White-paper summary: Filling the liquidity gap in bond index construction
Industry viewpoint: State Street Global Advisors SPDR® and MarketAxess
The success of ETFs in supporting bond market liquidity has been marred by a gap in...
Plan to replace Dodd-Frank formally introduced in House of Representatives
The chairman of the Financial Services Committee in the US House of Representatives, Jeb Hensarling, has formally introduced the Financial CHOICE Act, a proposed...
Research: Trading Protocols Survey 2022
In comp vs non-comp trading polarises across electronic and voice.
The DESK’s Trading Protocols Survey 2022 has found a continuing movement of corporate bond trades...
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ICG names David Saitowitz head of US liquid credit
ICG, a global alternative asset manager, has named David Saitowitz its new head of US liquid credit.
Based in the firm’s New York office, Saitowitz...
ECB widens €STR calculation data pool
The European Central Bank (ECB) is adding 24 banks to its euro short-term rate (€STR) calculation to boost the benchmark’s reliability.
The banks were added...
Shorted dated issuance reflects investor appetite
The analyst team at CreditSights has spotted that the tenor of investment grade bonds being issued in the US primary market Q1 2021 has...
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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The Agency Broker Hub: An Italian story
The Italian Treasury has implemented a flexible and diversified funding policy to manage the amount of Italian public debt. Here Laura Maridati, Digital Markets...
Flow Traders: Algos supported 20% of bond flows in 2022
A new white paper from exchange traded fund (ETF) market maker, Flow Traders, estimates that in the past two to three years, credit algos...
