MARKET NEWS
Trumid launches cross-protocol execution automation
Trumid clients can now execute credit trades across multiple protocols through an automated solution.
Trumid Full Self Trading (FST) monitors and engages with liquidity across...
FCA greenlights ETS CTP authorisation
Etrading Software’s ETS Connect UK business has finally been authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to provide the consolidated tape for UK bond...
Fixed income gets a faster engine
The repo market sits at the heart of the global financial system, yet its efficiency rarely makes headlines outside specialist circles. As a mechanism...
Roughton joins Propellant
Propellant Digital has named Helena Roughton as a product manager, specialising in regulation.
In the London-based role, Roughton is responsible for Propellant’s regulatory product roadmap...
CLS onboards BofA for CCS service
Bank of America has gone live on CLS’s cross-currency swaps (CCS) service as FX market turnover grows.
According to the Bank of International Settlements, daily...
US rates volatility falls, volumes drop 20%
Average daily notional volumes (ADNV) were down 20% year-on-year (YoY) in US rates trading, falling to US$1.069 billion. Volatility dropped by 32% YoY to...
FEATURES
The accelerating boat to China: A faster route for traders
China offers investors a wealth of opportunity, with the caveat that markets are not fully open. Where the authorities are cautious about changes to market...
Eurex sees lit credit future liquidity migrate to dark
The Bloomberg / Eurex credit futures conference in mid-January 2026 had all seats taken and attendees standing in the aisles. That bursting enthusiasm was...
Human battles machine in JGB market
Participants say electronic trading of Japanese government bonds has reached an inflection point, but others counter that the death of voice trading has been...
Credit futures see OI and ADV increase more than sevenfold YoY
The adoption of credit futures as a mainstream credit trading vehicle is broadening across venues and currencies: US$ iBoxx total return based futures traded...
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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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This Week from Trader TV: Stuart Lawrence, UBS Asset Management
UBS AM: Markets brace for the tariff volatility, and concerns develop over “irrational optimism”
While markets have been trading at all-time highs, Stuart Lawrence, head...
Arteria AI gets strategic investment co-led by Citi SPRINT and BDC Capital
Arteria AI, an enterprise digital documentation specialist, has received strategic investments from Citi Spread Products Investment Technologies (SPRINT), the strategic investing arm of the...
Tradeweb reports December 2020 volume up nearly 30% year-on-year
Bond market operator Tradeweb has reported its total trading volume for December was US$18.2 trillion across its marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money...
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The barbell effect of analogue and digital trading
Buy-side firms were able to express their trading ideas into the market effectively during market volatility in April demonstrating that flexibility of communication and...
FCA proposes consolidated bond tape and tightens trading venue perimeter rules
A series of measures to help strengthen the UK’s leading position as a global and vibrant financial centre have been announced by The Financial...
Liquidnet reports 57% jump in bond liquidity during volatile markets
Liquidnet has reported that the recent volatility led to an increase in bond trading volumes on the all-to-all block trading platform.
“In the last six...
Risk profiling electronic market makers after Jane Street, Jump re-rated
Last year, Jane Street and Jump Trading had their rating outlooks upgraded by ratings agencies, as they overcame potential hurdles facing their businesses. Electronic...
Carl James joins S&P Global
Industry veteran, Carl James, has joined S&P as head of fixed income, for the Global Markets Group (GMG).
In a statement he said, “I...
S&P Global Market Intelligence boosts muni market coverage
S&P Global Market Intelligence’s integrated market intelligence platform now covers almost 6 million securities in the municipal market.
The firm has added 4.6 million municipal...
Maddox swaps TSB for L&G Asset Management
James Maddox has joined L&G Asset Management as a fixed income trader in London.
L&G Asset Management holds a reported £1,117 trillion in assets under...
Bloomberg: Real-Time Pricing for Sovereign Bonds
Bloomberg Introduces Real-Time Pricing for Sovereign Bonds Across 14 Markets with Expansion of IBVAL Front Office
Eric Isenberg, Head of Enterprise Data Pricing and...
