MARKET NEWS
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...
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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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FROM THE ARCHIVES
Greenwich Associates: Buy side negative on CLOB for US treasuries
By Flora McFarlane.
Only 16% of buy-side firms thought using a central limit order book (CLOBs) would have a positive impact on trading US treasuries,...
Chart of the week: ECB rates rise expectations
Expectations on the European Central Bank’s appetite to increase its interest rate will have a direct and negative impact on European bond trading which...
Nicanor Trano promoted at BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas has appointed Nicanor Trano as head of AUD & USD rates trading for APAC.
Trano has 20 years of industry experience, and has...
Primary markets : Discretion is the better part of bond issuance
The US regulator has raised questions over bank control of new issuance automation – the question is whether banks behave with valour.
A recent report...
Is US investment grade market-making starting to fray?
In US credit, mean bid/ask spreads are skewing upwards from the median, indicating that a greater proportion of larger spreads are in some cases...
Jaclyn Coffman joins Susquehanna
Jaclyn Coffman has joined the investment grade (IG) credit sales team at Susquehanna International Group. She is based in New York.
Coffman has more than...
TransFICC investment to deliver e-trading platform with trader desktop
TransFICC, the specialist provider of low-latency connectivity and workflow services for fixed income and derivatives markets, has closed a Series A extension for US$17...
John Rothrock named head of DirectPool
CastleOak Securities, the New York-based boutique investment bank, has hired John Rothrock III as managing director and head of DirectPool, its Fixed Income Electronic...
Jon Kroeper, EVP, quality of markets to leave FINRA
Jon Kroeper, executive vice president, quality of markets, is leaving the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
Kroeper joined FINRA in 2007 and has been responsible...
A practical guide to buyside automation in credit markets
Gareth Coltman, Head of European Product at MarketAxess, looks at how automating buyside trade execution works in real life, and why it should be...
US credit e-trading race tightens, November volumes fall
US credit e-trading volumes dipped for both MarketAxess and Tradeweb in November, the gap between the two platforms narrowing towards the end of the...
The changing liquidity picture for fallen angels and rising stars
When a company has its credit rating adjusted, the impact on bond liquidity is not entirely predictable. In a changeable rate environment as seen...
