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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...
IOSCO sets pre-hedging guard rails, amid calls for ban
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), has published its final report on pre-hedging, amid call for the practice to be banned, and allegations...
Yield Book data made available through Finbourne’s LUSID
LSEG’s Yield Book fixed income data and analytics will be available in Finbourne Technology’s Liberated Unified Secure Investment Data-machine (LUSID) data management platform from...
MarketAxess launches FI opening and closing auctions
MarketAxess is launching opening and closing auctions for US credit “in the coming weeks”.
Opening and closing auctions have long been available in equity and...
Chainlink collaborates with Tradeweb, UBS
Chainlink is capitalising on the industry’s growing demand for tokenisation and on-chain operations, announcing a data partnership with Tradeweb and completing the first live...
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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Tabb: Derivatives boosting access to liquidity into 2019
By Pia Hecher.
Analyst firm TABB Group reports the number of market participants using corporate bond index futures and bond index total return swaps (TRSs)...
LatAm sees e-trading momentum with support for all-to-all
In Latin America, 46% of trading in corporate hard currency bonds is conducted electronically, according to research by analyst firm Coalition Greenwich, compared to...
The Agency Broker Hub: The fixed income ETD market – what are 2022’s main...
By Carmine Calamello, Head of Brokerage & Execution, Market Hub, Intesa Sanpaolo, IMI CIB Division.
After a decade of expansionary monetary policy and interest rates close...
Origination: Carlsberg issues more than €4 billion in notes programme
Carlsberg Breweries has issued €4 billion and £500 million in notes under its Euro Medium Term Notes programme.
Proceeds will go towards repaying bank debt...
Rules & Ratings: FTSE Russell launches Fixed Income TPI Index and TPI Focused Glidepath...
FTSE Russell has rolled out two new indices – the FTSE Fixed Income TPI Climate Transition Index Series and the FTSE Fixed Income TPI...
Value and issuance in European credit
Outflows in European bond funds are following a drop in the relative value of European credit, as shown in data from the IHS Markit...
U.S. Credit Trading Q&A: Jim Kwiatkowski, LTX
Jim Kwiatkowski was named CEO of LTX, Broadridge Financial Solutions’ artificial intelligence (AI)-driven digital trading business, in November 2022. Markets Media caught up with Jim to learn more...
MarketAxess connects to China via Bond Connect and CFETS
Bond market operator MarketAxess has launched a new trading channel for its global investors to access the China Interbank Bond Market (CIBM). Access is...
FNZ acquiring bond portfolio management tool YieldX
FNZ, the wealth management platform, has agreed to acquire YieldX, the US-based provider of fixed income portfolio management technology, optimisation services and direct indexing...
First trade of a fractionalised blockchain-based bond announced
Northern Trust and Singapore start-up BondEvalue, which formed a strategic partnership last November, announced the completion of the first trade of a fractionalised blockchain-based...
High Yield issuance is taking off
Comparing corporate bond issuance volumes for 2023 and 2024, we can see that the pattern is frequently a high start to the year, with...
FCA “utterly useless” engaging with EU over Brexit
By Chris Hall.
Veteran city commentator Anthony Hilton delivered a harsh verdict on the UK financial regulators’ efforts to support Britain’s finance industry ahead of...
