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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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MarketAxess pushes muni e-trading with pricing engine expansion
Responding to growing interest in muni market e-trading, MarketAxess’s AI-powered electronic pricing engine CP+ is now available for municipal bonds.
Julien Alexandre, global head of...
On The Desk: Carl James: On changing trader culture
Moving to a data-led model of trading requires a change in culture across the desk, as Pictet Asset Management’s head of Fixed Income Trading...
Worsening credit conditions battle improving trading capabilities
Both defaults and rerating of bonds are more likely in a high rate environment, and for trading desks this means finding efficient ways to...
PBI integrates 7 Chord’s BondDroid fixed income pricing
PBI has integrated 7 Chord’s near real-time, delayed, and end-of-day bond prices for corporate, sovereign and government bonds within its investment management systems, which...
SGX CDP live with Marketnode DLT direct-to-depository service for bond issuers
Singapore Exchange’s Central Depository (SGX CDP) has made a blockchain-enabled bond issuance platform available to market participants. Developed by Marketnode, an SGX Group-Temasek digital...
Primary held in check by tariff and rate uncertainty
Gross credit issuance has fallen in developed markets, according to data from Dealogic and Morgan Stanley, across investment grade (IG) and high yield (HY).
DM...
European debt is standing up for primary markets
Global debt capital market (DCM) deal count year-to-date is down 5% year on year, according to Dealogic data. However, the local market pictures present...
Control is the best defence
By Chris Roberts | 29 May 2024
With a growing level of scrutiny coming from European Regulatory bodies about the quality of data reporting, firms...
Raj Paranandi resigns from MarketAxess
European and APAC chief operating officer Raj Paranandi is leaving MarketAxess for an external role, the company has confirmed.
Paranandi has been in the role...
ICE connects to Adroit’s EMS
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the data, technology and market infrastructure provider, has connected ICE Bonds with Adroit Trading Technologies, the provider of order and execution...
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...
Primary market consolidation as NowCM acquires Nivaura’s IT and IP
NowCM Group CEO and Founder Robert Koller says the firm has entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire all digital and IP assets...
