MARKET NEWS
T. Rowe Price deploys Genesis’ primary bond custom tool
T. Rowe Price has gone live with Genesis global’s primary bond issuance (PBI) tool. It aims to standardise how its fixed income teams manage...
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$6.7 billion in...
MarketAxess outperforms competition in October through slower month
US electronic credit trading slowed down in October. FINRA’s TRACE tape recorded combined US investment-grade (IG) and high-yield (HY) average daily volume (ADV) at...
Bidding for nothing – what do you get for 68p?
Court documents filed by Ediphy Analytics explain that it planned to offer consolidated bond tapes for free – before it was knocked out of...
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Credit futures see OI and ADV increase more than sevenfold YoY
The adoption of credit futures as a mainstream credit trading vehicle is broadening across venues and currencies: US$ 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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Eurex consolidates asset classes trading and clearing
Eurex has consolidated its equity/index, fixed income, currency and repo operations into two business lines, and named Robbert Booij head of financial derivatives.
The firm...
Electronic liquidity providers push for reform
The buy side relationship with alternative liquidity providers was strained five years ago after the high-frequency traders and their reputations – and business models...
Sourcing and connecting: The buy-side fixed income liquidity challenge
By Frank Cerveny, Head of Markets and Sales at MTS.
How can institutional investors find the liquidity to grow their fixed income businesses with the...
VIDEO: End to End CSDR Processing – Roles, Responsibilities, and Issues for all Participants
On 22nd July, 2020 a panel of market participants discussed the detailed implications of the Central Securities Depository Regulation (CSDR).
The panel comprised, J.R. Bogan,...
Jordan Richards joins GFI
GFI Group has hired Jordan Richards as a Dubai-based Euro-swaps broker, one year after his exit from Nomura.
GFI Group has hired Jordan Richards as...
The impact of trading long-dated bonds
Faced with the prospect of climbing rates, some investors will be looking to switch out of lower coupon bonds to capture higher returns. However,...
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...
October sees record US Treasury volumes
A volatile October ended with record highs for the US Treasury market, but dealers are not reaping the rewards, Coalition Greenwich has found.
Average daily...
This Week from Trader TV: Paul Flood, Newton Investment Management
Newton IM: Growth optimism drives markets, but valuations and liquidity risks loom
Equity markets have been rallying on renewed U.S. growth expectations and broad market...
A wild ride: Tradeweb’s Hult reviews the bond market in 2023
Historic interest rate moves, a debt ceiling stalemate, major bank collapses and massive geopolitical instability. These mega events sent shocks through the markets in...
Lipper: Bond funds come roaring back (with Fed’s help)
Refinitiv Lipper has seen a bounce back for bond funds in Q2 2020 after they suffered losses of -4.3% and outflows of US$208.9 billion...
Seth Merrin stands down
Seth Merrin is to stand down as chief executive of Liquidnet, the US broker he founded almost 20 years ago. He will remain as...
