MARKET NEWS
Onbrane and Agora merge
Onbrane and Agora Digital Markets have merged to create a single platform for debt issuance and management under the Onbrane brand.
Agora provides modelling and...
Tokenised Treasury transactions tested ahead of DTCC go-live
Franklin Templeton has exchanged a tokenised US Treasury for tokenised cash (USDCx) with Virtu Financial in real-time as the industry prepares for DTCC’s tokenised...
Pham swaps UBS for SIX
Nancy Pham has joined SIX as head of fixed income sales. She is based in Zurich.
In May 2026, SIX reported €157.9 billion in turnover...
Standard Chartered promotes two to CEO roles
Standard Chartered has promoted Margaret Harwood-Jones to CEO for Europe and the UK, effective 1 September.
The newly-created role unifies oversight of the two regions.
Standard...
Trumid, BlackRock deepen integration
Trumid’s credit trading workflows have been further integrated into the BlackRock Aladdin order and execution management system (OEMS).
Shared clients will be able to access...
Ediphy rolls out consolidated consolidated tape
Ediphy has launched an aggregated consolidated bond tape, bringing together UK, EU and US post-trade fixed income data.
The service combines the UK bond tape,...
FEATURES
Invesco: Kaizen and the art of trading
Running one of the leanest teams on the street, Ray Uy’s traders amplify their firm’s investment ideas by combining deep relationships, cutting edge technologies...
The accelerating boat to China: A faster route for traders
China offers investors a wealth of opportunity, with the caveat that markets are not fully open. Where the authorities are cautious about changes to market...
Eurex sees lit credit future liquidity migrate to dark
The Bloomberg / Eurex credit futures conference in mid-January 2026 had all seats taken and attendees standing in the aisles. That bursting enthusiasm was...
Human battles machine in JGB market
Participants say electronic trading of Japanese government bonds has reached an inflection point, but others counter that the death of voice trading has been...
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RESEARCH
Trading Intentions Survey: Data and protocol innovation are the battlegrounds for...
The 2026 Trading Intentions Survey has found that data is the most hotly-contested field in supporting corporate bond trading today, while analysis of trading...
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
FILS USA 2022: Scaramucci bullish on digital assets
The recent decline in digital assets is a temporary setback amid a very bullish long-term outlook, and investors shouldn’t dismiss the opportunity.
That’s according to...
The buy side’s smart data-driven future
With the rise of low-cost ETFs, so-called ‘smart-beta’ strategies and the struggling performance of many actively managed funds, buy-side firms are coming under increasing...
GSAM outsources global trade execution to BNY Mellon
Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has selected BNY Mellon’s buy-side trading services for global trade execution.
BNY Mellon now provides global trade execution services to...
FILS USA: Growing disparity in liquidity ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’
Panellists at this year’s Fixed Income Leaders Summit agreed that industry collaboration, experimentation and greater competition are needed to improve liquidity across the fixed...
European IG liquidity is recovering
Looking at MarketAxess data from its TraX service, covering fixed income trading across the corporate bond markets in Europe, the US and emerging markets...
Trade munis like a champion.
To kickoff Muni Madness, MarketAxess are unveiling their latest White Paper that details the methodology behind this revolutionary pricing tool that brings transparency to...
Fischette swaps SGCIB for HRT
Jason Fischette has joined Hudson River Trading as a fixed income specialist. He is based in New York.
Revenues of the market makers are not...
Tradeweb integrates Nasdaq U.S. Fixed Income platform
Tradeweb Markets, a leading, global operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets, announced it has achieved the final significant technology...
FILS 2024: Applying AI to trading
Asset management and trading businesses are being transformed by artificial intelligence. That was the message from a series of panels at the Fixed Income...
BlackRock’s Xiao: “Challenge every preconceived notion of what is possible”
Speaking in conversation with a Troy Dixon, co-head of global markets at Tradeweb at the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit USA 2026, Jenny Xiao, global...
FCA voices concern over buy-side transparency
By Pia Hecher.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reported concern around cost-disclosures by asset managers, and following a ‘Call for Input’ (CfI), also detected concerns among...
Scott joins Aware Super
Andrew Scott has joined Aware Super as a senior fixed income portfolio manager. He is based in Sydney.
Aware Super holds AUD 200 billion in...
