MARKET NEWS
FCA consultation lays ground for ending bond SI regime
The FCA’s consultation CP25/20 proposes scrapping the systematic internaliser (SI) regime for bonds, derivatives, structured-finance products and emission allowances to align with the transparency...
US banks boosted trading assets ahead of new lenient stress test results
Easier 2025 stress test assumptions and friendlier accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) treatment have freed capital for American investment banks’ fixed income desks; US...
FairCT wins EU bond CT tender
FairCT has won the EU bond consolidated tape tender.
The company has been invited to apply for authorisation. Once authorised, it will operate the tape...
ECB brings central bank money to DLT
The European Central Bank (ECB) is planning to settle distributed ledger technology (DLT) transactions using central bank money, announcing a long- and short-term initiative.
The...
E-trading boosts efficiency not liquidity in Japan’s buy-and-hold bond market
Japan’s bond market has long been seen as voice-heavy, with established traditions of relationship-based trading and an aversion to electronic, less personal alternatives. However,...
No Danish Compromise for BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas has finalised its acquisition of AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) and clarified its leadership structure going forward.
The firm has not been able...
FEATURES
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...
Electric dreams in global rates markets
Electronic trading between dealers and buy-side institutions is taking different paths in government bond markets, globally. Lucy Carter investigates.
“We have seen growth in the electronification of...
Trading Intentions Survey 2025
The battle for pre-trade analytics
The 2025 Trading Intentions Survey canvassed 40 buy-side trading desks across asset managers headquartered in Europe (52%) and the US...
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RESEARCH
Exclusive: US analysis of Trading Intentions Survey 2025
This year we're diving deeper into the Trading Intentions Survey. to give a more nuanced view of buy-side engagement with trading services, platforms and...
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RISK & RETURN
FROM THE ARCHIVES
EquiLend to launch Swaptimization platform in EU
Securities finance specialist, EquiLend, will be launching its Swaptimization platform in the autumn for financial institutions in the European Union.
The EU launch of Swaptimization,...
FILS 2022: How ‘Giltmageddon’ could hit LDI specialists and drive new regulation
Traders at the Fixed Income Leaders Summits (FILS) largely reported that bond markets were quiet this week, with high yield and emerging bond markets...
Solve adds visualisation to predictive pricing service
Market data provider Solve has updated its predictive pricing tool to support municipal bond traders’ pre-trade decision making.
The relative value analysis tool allows users...
OpenDoor nets US$10 million in continuing push for growth
By Flora McFarlane.
New Jersey-based startup trading platform OpenDoor Securities has completed a third US$10 million investment round, which will facilitate new front office hires...
IMTC launches new, streamlined platform
Fixed income technology specialist, IMTC, has launched a new and improved platform designed to enable fixed income investment managers to improve the accuracy and...
AGI’s Böss: Margin compression and frustration with regulators
Doing more with less, and frustration with regulatory initiatives are the biggest stories for buy-side firms said Eric Böss, global head of trading at...
MSCI and MarketAxess collaborate on liquid fixed income indexes, portfolio construction and ESG
MSCI and MarketAxess are entering into a strategic collaboration to create portfolio analytics solutions and co-branded fixed income indexes incorporating MarketAxess liquidity data.
MSCI plans...
Understanding Portfolio Trading
Li Renn Tsai, Head of Products and Sales, Asia, at Tradeweb explains how Portfolio Trading can improve bulk trades of bonds by creating cost savings,...
EC to review mandatory buy-in rules under CSDR
The European Commission has stated that it will review the mandatory buy-in rules under the Central Securities Depository Regime (CSDR). The comments were made...
Digital bond issuance: From zero to US$1,500,000,000 in 12 months
S&P Global Market Intelligence has assessed that the digital bond market “remains a work in progress” as new bond issuance focuses on testing in...
Origination: Issuer profile – EchoStar Corp
EchoStar Corp saw the largest proportional increase in notional debt outstanding in the technology sector in 2024, with a 509% increase, taking it to...
Citadel Securities’ new hires are reinforcing US credit market expansion
Citadel Securities has seen a spate of hirings on its credit trading teams in January 2024, supporting its expansion into the corporate bond space...
