MARKET NEWS
SocGen issues digital US bond
Societe Generale has issued its first digital bond in the US, using Broadridge’s issuance, trading and management tokenisation services.
The bonds were registered by SocGen’s...
FCA to submit bond tape legal defence this week
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has asked the High Court to lift its suspension on the bond consolidated tape contract award, and intends to submit its defence to Ediphy’s legal challenge by the end...
Bloomberg boosts Australian bond pricing
Bloomberg has expanded its Australian bond pricing services as the market continues to grow.
Australia is the third largest global securitised products market outside of...
Ahmed leaves Goldman for Balyasny
Wajih Ahmed has swapped Goldman Sachs for Balyasny Asset Management, joining the firm as a macro portfolio manager after more than a decade with...
LGAM bolsters London team
Legal & General Asset Management has made two appointments in its London office, with Ryan Lee named head of liquidity distribution and Euan Martin...
Massaad Scott leaves Nomura as new London prop desk closes, again
Sources have confirmed to The Desk that Pamela Massaad Scott has left Nomura following the closure of the bank’s proprietary trading desk in London,...
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
Fixed income fees normalising at JP Morgan
JP Morgan’s fixed income revenues in the fourth quarter of this year are expected to be 10% lower than the record final quarter of...
The European Markets Choice Awards – The Finalists
Markets Media Europe is delighted to present a preliminary list of finalists for the 2022 European Markets Choice Awards.
The Instinet Positive Change Awards will...
Oliver Haste joins Propellant.digital
Bond market analytics provider, Propellant.digital, has announced that Oliver Haste has joined as head of EMEA product, Propellant’s second senior appointment in five weeks,...
Investor Demand: US tariff uncertainty prompts caution in Europe
There is great uncertainty around the severity of tariffs that will be introduced by the US this week, with UBS reporting client baseline expectations...
Scaling up EM Hard Currency trading with Targeted RFQ
In often illiquid and volatile emerging markets (EM), achieving best execution is a vital part of delivering on fund objectives. Increasingly, electronic trading plays...
Neptune embeds Symphony chat functionality
Neptune Networks Ltd, the Fixed Income network for real-time “axe” indications, today announced that it has embedded Symphony chat functionality within the Neptune proprietary...
FIX issues guide for MiFID II reporting of bond trades
By Flora McFarlane.
FIX Trading Community, which sets the messaging standard for trading messages sent between buy-side and sell-side firms, has published the final Recommended...
Industry viewpoint: A fully formed market from day one
Angelo Proni, CEO at Euronext Group’s MTS explains how electronic market making will increase transparency and liquidity of EU debt instruments and make them...
The credit trading processes you really should have automated by now…
Automation has historically been highly challenging in corporate bond markets for several reasons, but traders say some parts of the workflow ‘ought’ to be...
PBoC & HKMA: No investment quota for northbound Bond Connect trade
The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) have given their approval to the local market infrastructure providers to...
Derivatives desks at the crossroads
Having full access to derivatives gives a trading desk greater flexibility, but heads of trading need to assess the operational burden. Francesca Carnevale and...
Financial Conduct Authority approves Trax and Tradeweb for MiFID II Reporting
By Flora McFarlane.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has granted approval to Trax and Tradeweb as Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) for transparency and reporting under...
