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US rates e-trading flourishes in low volatility
Electronic trading in US rates was up two percentage points year-on-year (YoY) and three percentage points month-on-month (MoM) in June, representing 56% of the...
Nearly half of US credit e-traded in June
Electronic trading is breaking out of stagnation in US credit, with Coalition Greenwich predicting that high yield (HY) e-trading will soon hit its highest...
Merali leads rates e-trading at Bloomberg
Arif Merali has joined Bloomberg as global head of rates electronic trading at Bloomberg.
He is based in London.
Nicholas Bean is global head of Bloomberg...
Hastings joins Nomura AM
Richard Hastings has joined Nomura Asset Management as a fixed income client portfolio manager. He is based in London.
As on 31 March 2026, Nomura...
Dimon warns of downturn as fixed income revenues falter
Fixed income trading revenues fell for most US banks in the second quarter, with JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon warning that the strong environment...
SpaceX seeks bridge loan relief with mega bond issuance
SpaceX’s US$25 billion bond issuance, the first since its IPO on 12 June, was the largest corporate issuance of June – and surpassed sub-sovereign...
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BofA’s Sonali Theisen: Digital Assets Boost Fixed Income Efficiency
Digital assets have the potential to fundamentally reshape institutional markets via 24/7 trading, near-instant settlement, lower capital costs, and programmable infrastructure. As this evolution...
Acadian’s Michael Doros on the future of systematic credit trading
As credit markets become increasingly electronic, systematic managers are gaining new opportunities to scale research, improve execution, and optimize portfolios in real time. Traders...
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...
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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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SEC signs off US Treasury clearing for cash and repo
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted a rule designed to reduce risk in the US Treasury market by ensuring that more...
Cboe Credit Index Futures: The expanding liquidity picture
As buy-side firms look to increase their exposure to credit futures, market operators find ways to support access.
The DESK spoke with David Litchfield, director...
Origination: IDB starts the year with a US$5.1 billion bang
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has begun the year by issuing a total US$5.1 billion across three currencies.
The IDB funds the public sectors of...
EU lawmakers push for more stringent bond rules
The European Union is looking to tighten the region’s planned green bond standards to mitigate greenwashing from issuers of environmentally-friendly debt.
It calls on sellers...
InvestCloud names new CIO
InvestCloud, a global wealth management software provider, has named James Young its new chief information officer (CIO).
Young will be responsible for the company’s technology...
Location will determine bid-ask spreads for European bond traders
Where European bond traders and their counterparties are sat could affect the size of bid-ask spreads they are shown, thanks to a split in...
Origination: Chevron issues US$5.5bn as revenue slumps
Chevron issued US$5.5 billion of notes in August after a disappointing second quarter.
The energy giant reported US$44.8 billion in revenues in Q2 2025, a...
Evolution through collaboration
MiFID II and electronification are transforming the credit market – How can one benefit from this new environment to access liquidity and how can...
The technology behind price making
Lynn Strongin Dodds canvasses the market to see who is willing to pick up the gauntlet in Europe.
If dealers are trading less, they are...
On The DESK: Putting trading at the head of the table
Frans de Wit’s elevated role as head of trading at PGGM Investment Management will help improve execution quality and trading efficiency for end investors.
What has...
FINRA returns US$100 million to members, 17 months after announcing fee hike
US broker-dealer trade body, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is to return US$100 million of fees collected in 2025 to its members as...
Exclusive: Cboe goes live with US Treasury trading
Cboe has gone live with cash Treasury trading, the first trade having been conducted in mid-October. It is operating a ‘Full Amount’ execution protocol...
