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Trading: Are bond markets broken?

Trading: Are bond markets broken?

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Stressed events – like the gilt market turmoil – are proving too much for the secondary markets to handle. Behind closed doors, senior traders are...
Qontigo adds CDS and increased factor coverage to credit spread model

Qontigo adds CDS and increased factor coverage to credit spread model

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Qontigo, the risk, analytics, and index solution provider, has added credit default swaps (CDS) and increased factor coverage to its Axioma Credit Spread Factor...
TSE and Tradeweb respond to investor ETF demand

TSE and Tradeweb respond to investor ETF demand

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Tradeweb has connected to the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s (TSE) request-for-quote (RFQ) platform Conneqtor as demand for ETFs jumps up by a third in Asia....
MarketAxess’s 2020 revenues up nearly 35%

MarketAxess’s 2020 revenues up nearly 35%

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Electronic bond market operator, MarketAxess, has reported revenues in 2020 were up 34.8% on 2019 to US$689.1 million, compared to US$511.4 million for the...
Bellamy joins TrinityBridge

Bellamy joins TrinityBridge

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James Bellamy has joined TrinityBridge as a multi-asset dealer. He is based in London. TrinityBridge, formerly known as Close Brothers Asset Management, held £20.4 billion...
Month-end activity in alternative protocols

Month-end activity in alternative protocols

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By Misha Girshfeld, Research Specialist and Grant Lowensohn, Senior Research Analyst at MarketAxess.  25 October, 2022 Highlights We have seen an average increase of about 11%...
StoneX builds out FCM presence with RJO acquisition

StoneX builds out FCM presence with RJO acquisition

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StoneX Group has agreed to acquire futures brokerage and clearing firm RJ O’Brien & Associates (RJO). RJO generated approximately US$766 million in revenue in 2024,...
Electronic trading for corporate bonds – enhancing efficiency and addressing brokerage costs

Electronic trading for corporate bonds – enhancing efficiency and addressing brokerage costs

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By Frank Cerveny, Global Head of Relationship Management, MTS Markets Electronic trading has been on the rise, driven in large part by automation, greater transparency...
Eurex: OTC interest rate derivatives markets

Eurex: OTC interest rate derivatives markets

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Eurex Clearing OTC IRD momentum grows, with new participants and new currencies In this article, Eurex Clearing’s Danny Chart, Global Product Lead for OTC Interest...
Viewpoint : Technology for OFTR securities : Susan Estes

Viewpoint : Technology for OFTR securities : Susan Estes

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Time to awaken the sleeping giant Susan Estes, Co-Founder, CEO & President of OpenDoor Securities The tripling in size of the US Treasuries market over the...
MiFID II: An exercise in risk management 

MiFID II: An exercise in risk management 

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Gherardo Lenti Capoduri, head of Banca IMI’s Market Hub, speaks with The DESK about the capacity of firms on both sides of the street...
Central clearing for bonds?

Central clearing for bonds?

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The lack of dealer liquidity provision during the March 2020 sell-off has triggered several proposals for market structure reform, not least in the US...