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MarketAxess, AIQ Markets launch AI corporate bond tool
MarketAxess has joined forces with corporate bond intelligence provider AIQ Markets, launching an AI-native tool designed to help traders and portfolio managers handle market...
TS Imagine boosts TradeSmart coverage
TS Imagine is bulking up its TradeSmart execution management system product coverage.
Users will be able to trade leveraged loans, syndicated loans and distressed debt...
Tradeweb takes the lead in May credit e-trading
Tradeweb and MarketAxess have recovered from their April wobble in US credit, with Tradeweb taking its strongest lead to date.
Average daily volumes (ADV) at...
FILS USA 2026: Fixed income traders bridge two worlds
Buy-side desks are grappling with siloed liquidity, underperforming systems and the unfinished promise of electronification as markets transform.
The fixed income trading desk of 2026...
FILS US 2026: The big (secret) story is AI
It is the most exciting development in capital markets for many, but attendees at FILS 2026 in Boston may find that what is being...
Berry joins First Eagle
Edward Berry has joined First Eagle Investments as managing director for alternative credit.
First Eagle holds US$213 billion in assets under management as of 31...
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The accelerating boat to China: A faster route for traders
China offers investors a wealth of opportunity, with the caveat that markets are not fully open. Where the authorities are cautious about changes to market...
Eurex sees lit credit future liquidity migrate to dark
The Bloomberg / Eurex credit futures conference in mid-January 2026 had all seats taken and attendees standing in the aisles. That bursting enthusiasm was...
Human battles machine in JGB market
Participants say electronic trading of Japanese government bonds has reached an inflection point, but others counter that the death of voice trading has been...
Credit futures see OI and ADV increase more than sevenfold YoY
The adoption of credit futures as a mainstream credit trading vehicle is broadening across venues and currencies: US$ iBoxx total return based futures traded...
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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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Broadridge LTX rolls out BondGPT+ for enterprise financial services clients
Broadridge subsidiary LTX has launched BondGPT+, the enterprise version of its BondGPT application, which incorporates Broadridge’s patent-pending technology and OpenAI GPT-4 to answer complex...
EU Issuance and the evolution of European bond markets
Jonathan Rick
Director of Research, Tradeweb
The European Union’s stepped-up role as a central funding source for member states as they recover from the coronavirus pandemic...
Tradeweb launches AI pricing service for munis
Market operator Tradeweb has launched a new service, Tradeweb Ai-Price, which uses machine learning and proprietary data science to calculate daily prices for municipal...
AFME report on rates trading suggests enhanced transparency could boost liquidity
A report by the Association of Financial Markets in Europe, and investment data management provider, Finbourne, has found enhanced transparency could potentially boost liquidity...
RPMI Railpen confirms trading to be insourced
RPMI Railpen, which represents the UK’s railway workers pension fund, has confirmed plans to internalise its trading desk, which is expected to be operational...
Announcement – The DESK Q1 2020
The Q1 issue of The DESK is due from the printer and under the current exceptional circumstances we are happy to re-direct your copy...
Euronext seeks govies clearing expansion
Euronext Securities Milan has requested LCH open the settlement of all its European government bonds as Euronext seeks to align the services of its...
July 2023: MarketAxess sees mixed bond ADV results
MarketAxess sees mixed bond ADV results in July 2023, credit ADV up 8% YoY
MarketAxess has reported total credit average daily volume (ADV) of US$11.4...
ESMA confirms launch of bond CTP in 2025
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has confirmed consolidated tape providers (CTPs) will be selected by the end of next year, pushing the...
Viewpoint: What an institutional trader needs to know about FI ETFs and futures
Where instrument selection can be key, understanding cash and derivatives instruments and the interplay between them is invaluable.
The DESK spoke with Joyce Choi, director...
Origination: Carlsberg issues more than €4 billion in notes programme
Carlsberg Breweries has issued €4 billion and £500 million in notes under its Euro Medium Term Notes programme.
Proceeds will go towards repaying bank debt...
ICE: Creating clarity in the MBS market through better data
The highly fragmented nature of mortgage asset components has historically translated into a lack of granular data for investors. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) aims to...
