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Sherpa Edge goes live
Outsourced trading provider, Sherpa Edge Trading, has gone live with Reception and Transmission of Order (RTO) services out of its offices in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The...
Broadridge using OpenFin for PM and trader workspace
Broadridge Financial is to use OpenFin’s operating system for financial desktops for its new digital workspace solution. The tool is designed to support asset...
Low volatility hits Q2 MarketAxess earnings
Bond market operator, MarketAxess, reported revenues of US$176.3 million in the second quarter of 2021, down 4.6% against Q2 2020.
“Second quarter results were heavily...
Analyst firm Aité in merger to form Aite-Novarica Group
Analyst firms Aité Group and Novarica have merged to create the an advisory firm focused on helping executives from banks, payments providers, insurers, securities...
LedgerEdge appoints fixed income veteran Neal as CEO of US operations
LedgerEdge, the developer of an ecosystem for fixed income trading, has appointed industry veteran Michelle Neal as CEO of its US operations.
Her appointment will...
ICE sees $35 billion in AUM switched to its indices during H1 2021
Market and infrastructure operator Intercontinental Exchange has reported strong growth in its index business in the first half of 2021. This was driven by...
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Technology: Can the EMS become a desktop trading venue?
Direct streaming of dealer prices could allow traders to bypass third party venues, if their desktop systems can be used to execute direct streams...
Chinese govies step closer to collateral acceptability
Acceptance of Chinese government bonds as collateral will hinge upon rule changes around defaults. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports.
The use of Chinese government bonds as...
Business alpha – The confidence trick to liquidity
Getting the confidence of investors supports access to liquidity during choppy markets. By Ruth Emery
If your clients are sucking their cash out of a...
2021 European Markets Choice Awards – The WINNERS
2021 European Markets Choice Awards – The WINNERS
We are delighted to announce the winners of the inaugural European Markets Choice Awards. For some categories...
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...
Does trading performance need to be quantified to justify outsourcing?
An asset manager may need to assess the value that an outsourced trading provider offers using a range of measures in fixed income markets.
Fixed...
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Survey: Are there missed opportunities in fixed income TCA?
Based on their own view of TCA success, buy-side traders could apply analytics to support trading and execution goals.
The DESK has found that fewer...
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Can greater automation throw the industry a much-needed lifeline?
Vincent Kilcoyne, EVP, Product Management, at SmartStream Technologies assesses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the future of banking.
The coronavirus pandemic has had...
Greenwich: Data analytics now more valued than market structure knowledge
Three out of four capital markets professionals say data analysis will be the most valued skill on trading desks over the next five years,...
New EM issues make relationships matter
Buy-side emerging markets (EM) traders will be bonding well with their banks and brokers this year to make sure they are getting a slice...
Me The Money Show – Episode Two
Terry Flanagan, editor of Markets Media, highlights previous winners of the Markets Choice Awards and gives tips on nominations for this year, with Dan...
Viewpoint : CDM : Massimo Morini & Andrea Prampolini
CDM FOR SECURITIES: THE MISSING DIGITAL LINGUA FRANCA?
By Massimo Morini, head of interest rates & credit models, and Andrea Prampolini, head of financial markets...
AXA IM: Credit downgrades increases concentration and liquidity risk in index investment
A decrease in the average credit quality of fixed income indices and intensifying competition for high quality assets present increasingly serious challenges for UK...
The DESK BENCHmark 2017: Mid-sized buy-side have diverse trading
Mid-sized asset managers champion electronic trading - The DESK’s BENCHmark research has found mid-sized firms use electronic trading and a wider range of brokers than...
Why is collateral not under pressure?
The repapering of CSAs may be taking precedent but collateral management is coming back on the agenda. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports.
Ever since the European...
Burton-Taylor: S&P and IHS Markit merger creates intriguing synergies in data
On 30 November 2020, S&P Global and IHS Markit announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to combine in an all-stock...
TP ICAP expands MATCHBOOK Rebalance to US
Interdealer broker and market operator TP ICAP, has launched MATCHBOOK Rebalance, an electronic trading solution designed to reduce residual risks in fixed income portfolios,...
Repo: productivity and profitability opportunities
By Tim Martins, Product Manager for Money Markets and Derivatives at MTS.
Repo workflow: the sales and relationship opportunity...
B2C repo workflow hasn’t changed much for...
FCA says HFT firms exacerbate and profit from flash crashes
A paper published by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has said that high-frequency trading (HFT) firms and agency traders exacerbate flash crashes in the...
