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Correction: Trading Technologies reported revenues
In a previous story Trading Technologies revenues were incorrectly reported. As a private company, Trading Technologies does not report its financials publicly.
The company has...
S&P Global offers private credit risk management service
S&P Global has released a compliance management solution for credit risk management, designed for private credit and collateralised loan obligation (CLO) managers.
The launch coincides...
Yarkova-Valente joins Trading Technologies
Oxana Yarkova-Valente has joined Trading Technologies as a sales executive.
Yarkova-Valente has close to 25 years of industry experience and joins the firm from MTS...
Volumes up, e-trading down in US rates
Average daily notional volumes in US rates jumped 11 percentage points year-on-year (YoY) in October, reaching US$989 billion. Volatility was down by 40%, with...
Coalition Greenwich: “E-trading in HY is only just getting started”
Average daily notional volumes were up 4% year-on-year (YoY) to US$51 billion in US credit this October, with average daily trade sizes rising by...
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Credit futures see OI and ADV increase more than sevenfold YoY
The adoption of credit futures as a mainstream credit trading vehicle is broadening across venues and currencies: US$ 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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Lack of detail sinks odd-lot bond case against major banks
The United States District Court, Southern District of New York, has dismissed a court case brought against Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, Credit...
TradeTech Europe 2020 has been postponed
TradeTech 2020 has been postponed, with event organiser WBR making the following statement:
'We at TradeTech Europe 2020 have been working around the clock over...
CMA: ION takeover of Broadway looks likely
The UK’s Competition and Market’s Authority (CMA) has reported there are “reasonable grounds for believing that the undertakings offered by ION, or a...
Industry viewpoint : Mark Russell : Tradeweb
A new era of intelligent execution
By Mark Russell, Head of Credit, Europe, Tradeweb
Electronic trading has earned its place as an indispensable part of fixed income...
Pluta leaves Tradeweb; Clack joins as CAO
Multi-asset market operator Tradeweb has announced that Tom Pluta will leave the firm after just two years as president, effective 30 September 2024. He...
Getting the measure of sell-side portfolio trading
In its recent report on investment banking activity in 2020, analyst firm Coalition observed that there had been substantial growth in sell-side portfolio trading,...
How e-trading connectivity has been fragmented by sanctions
Sanctions on the Russian regime, on associated firms and on individuals have restricted legal access to some instruments and counterparties, yet portfolio managers may...
Market volatility and automated trading decision-making
Gain greater confidence in your automated trading decisions during market volatility
By Charlie Campbell-Johnston, Managing Director, AiEX & Workflow Solutions at Tradeweb.
In times of volatility, traders...
Research profile: DirectBooks’ magic sauce
The DESK spoke with Rich Kerschner, CEO of DirectBooks, to understand what the magic ingredient is behind their success.
What has given DirectBooks the lead...
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TS Imagine’s Spencer Lee joins MarketAxess
MarketAxess has appointed Spencer Lee as head of client product for the Americas, effective 12 May.
In the San Francisco-based role, Lee will cover business...
The Agency Broker Hub: The challenge of retail-size electronic fixed income trading
By Lisa Tellia, E-Commerce Distribution – Market Hub, Global Markets Sales & Platforms at Intesa Sanpaolo
Fixed Income execution has traditionally been very complex and...
Upping strike rate and strength in US IG
We often hear ‘nothing really changes’ in relation to capital markets so it is good to have an insight into real progress, courtesy of...
