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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$6.7 billion in...
MarketAxess outperforms competition in October through slower month
US electronic credit trading slowed down in October. FINRA’s TRACE tape recorded combined US investment-grade (IG) and high-yield (HY) average daily volume (ADV) at...
Bidding for nothing – what do you get for 68p?
Court documents filed by Ediphy Analytics explain that it planned to offer consolidated bond tapes for free – before it was knocked out of...
Ediphy slams FCA for CTP auction chaos
Ediphy Analytics alleges that the Financial Conduct Authority has breached its own rules in selecting Etrading Software as the UK bond consolidated tape provider.
"The...
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Credit futures see OI and ADV increase more than sevenfold YoY
The adoption of credit futures as a mainstream credit trading vehicle is broadening across venues and currencies: US$ 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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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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Uncertainty persists around process trades
A standardised approach to handling process trades would better support dealers. By David Wigan.
In mid-February, the European Securities Market Association (ESMA) published a formal...
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Chatham Asset Management fined for improper bond trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged New Jersey-based Chatham Asset Management and its founder, Anthony Melchiorre, in connection with improper trading of...
Glimpse Markets adds Exoé, announces payment-for-data model
Buy-side led data sharing utility, Glimpse Markets, has announced that outsourced trading provider, Exoé has joined its network for data sharing across corporate bonds...
Issuing at the top of the market
The high levels of bond issuance this year, made at what is widely expected to be peak interest rates, are potentially building up high...
FILS USA 2023: Fed has lost investors’ confidence in guidance
The Federal Reserve’s constant mistakes on forward guidance have lost the confidence of some buy-side firms in its ability to predict outlooks.
Speaking at...
FCA promotes retail access to corporate bonds
The FCA has acted on unifying the disclosure standard and removed follow-on listing hurdles to promote smaller, retail-friendly bond issuances.
Without clearer definitions and smaller...
Optimising clearing costs for cheaper trading
Clearing of European derivatives now looks set to stay in London for the foreseeable future, but traders still need to assess how the clearing...
DataBP expands data services business with MarketAxess
Bond market operator and data provider, MarketAxess, is using the services of DataBP, a data licensing and commercial management platform, to support and automate...
Nicolas Pilorget promoted at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) has appointed Nicolas Pilorget as head of credit trading. He is based in Toronto.
Pilorget has been with the company...
Primary markets see gradual progress as Investor Access reaches 600 buy-side users
A quick straw poll of buy-side traders suggests most believe the electronification of primary markets has stalled somewhat, with twice as many seeing progress...
Pumped up projections: The Arizona gym muni fraud
The SEC has filed charges against three Arizonian individuals, alleging they defrauded investors by falsifying revenue documents for a US$284 million municipal bond issuance...
Bloomberg onboarded over 100 buy-side firms remotely during the pandemic
Bloomberg has reported that more than 100 clients globally implemented its buy-side solutions over the past year, between March 2020 and 2021. During the...
