MARKET NEWS
King-Smith back at BNPP
Jake King-Smith has returned to BNP Paribas as head of corporate rates and FX for the UK, Middle East and Africa.
In the role, he...
ICMA 2026: Traders see AI everywhere, all at once
While some in the market may be trying to keep their AI practices quiet, speakers at this year’s ICMA conference in London were proud...
ICMA 2026: Top five concerns with European transparency regime
A panel of experts has outlined ongoing issues with transparency in Europe at the ICMA annual AGM in London, speaking under the Chatham House...
ICMA 2026: Signs of US decline could be Europe’s time to shine
Geopolitical turmoil is increasing global fragmentation but could be a driving force for European consolidation, according to speakers at ICMA’s 2026 AGM and Conference...
Cheung promoted at ICE
Penny Cheung has been promoted to head of interest rate derivatives at ICE.
Based in London, she is responsible for multicurrency interest rate futures and...
ICMA 2026: How digitalisation can reduce market stress
At the ICMA conference on 28 May 2026, Samara Cohen, global head of market development at BlackRock, laid out an agenda to accelerate market...
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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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Technology: The competitive edge for a fixed income OMS
To better support alpha generation buy-side firms need to overcome any inertia created by legacy front office technology, writes Lynn Strongin Dodds.
Cost has always...
MarketAxess: Expanding Mid-X Protocol – a conversation with Steve Tait
MarketAxess has successfully launched an enhanced Mid-X protocol this past year, expanding its anonymous mid-point matching session, rolling it out for emerging markets and...
Secondary volumes in 2021 outpace 2020 sell-off implying greater liquidity
The first quarter of 2021 saw record volume in US and European investment grade trading volume. This is surprising on several fronts, with significant...
Osment joins Natixis CIB
Paul Osment has joined Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) as a managing director and head of UK flow credit sales.
Based in London, he...
DirectBooks names team and launches advisory committee
DirectBooks, a sell-side consortium designing systems for the primary bond market, has named Yvonne Wang as chief operating officer, and Christopher Rodriguez as global...
Duff leads UK debt, EMEA FIG at SMBC
Matthew Duff has been named head of the EMEA financial investment group and UK debt syndicate at SMBC Group. He is based in London.
SMBC...
The Trading Intentions Survey 2015
The incumbent platforms lead the polls, yet clear and significant support is shown for new innovators.
The ‘Trading Intentions survey 2015’ was conducted across 24...
Fenwick joins HSBC
David Fenwick has joined HSBC as an investment grade credit sales trader, swapping the buy side for the sell side.
HSBC reported US$6.7 billion in...
Investor Demand: IG private credit creates ‘attractive entry points’ for investors
Research by Aviva Investors has broken down the illiquidity premia paid via private debt markets, noting that it is improving for investors, even as...
Bloomberg launches RMB-denominated Liquid China Credit Index
Bloomberg has launched the Bloomberg Barclays Liquid China Credit (LCC) Index, designed to track the liquid, tradable portion of the RMB-denominated credit bond market....
Securitisation veteran jumps to Piper Sandler
Piper Sandler has appointed Mary Stone as managing director and co-head of the structured finance group.
Based in New York, she shares the role with...
QuantHouse provides access to Fenics USTreasuries
By Pia Hecher.
QuantHouse, the trading solutions provider, now offers access to US cash treasury market turnover and to via an application programming interface (API)...
