MARKET NEWS
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...
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...
Repo: 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...
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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Industry viewpoint : smartTrade : Benjamin Becar
Finding solutions
Benjamin Becar, Fixed Income Product Manager at smartTrade Technologies, speaks to The DESK about how technology is key to overcoming buy-side fixed income...
Viewpoint: John Robinson & Byron Cooper-Fogarty
Sharpening the axe: Neptune sees expanding opportunity for buy- and sell-side.
Buy-side firms are consuming more data than ever and Neptune is well placed to ensure...
The data puzzle
Umberto Menconi, head of Digital Markets Structure, Market Hub at Banca IMI outlines the impact of regulation and the importance of data in a...
AT1 trading volume was elevated a week ahead of Credit Suisse wipe-out
Trading in AT1 bonds spiked on Monday 20th March as a result of the Credit Suisse rescue at the weekend, with one platform trader...
Tradeweb to acquire Nasdaq’s eSpeed central limit order book
Electronic bond market operator, Tradeweb, has agreed to buy Nasdaq’s US fixed income electronic trading platform. The Nasdaq interdealer platform, formerly known as eSpeed,...
Seize the opportunity to apply AI in quieter bond markets
Secondary credit trading is seeing lower volumes as expected in the summer months, whilst bid-ask spreads have plateaued across Europe and the US markets,...
Beyond Liquidity: Rebundling Research Will Not Increase Demand for UK SMEs
With the implementation of MiFID II in 2018 came the unbundling of payments for investment research from trading commissions. The perceived benefit of unbundling...
Ratings & Analysis: S&P says non-bank/bank nexus is top systemic risk
A new report by S&P Global has highlighted the systemic risks now posed to the financial markets at the point where bank and non-bank...
FDIC drive to issue US bank debt
Banks in the US have been asked by Government agencies to issue new debt to support their stability under a new proposal by the...
ESMA launches consultation to clarify boundaries of trading venues under MiFID II
The European and Securities Market Authority (ESMA) has launched a consultation on what constitutes a trading venue, and what can be considered a trading...
Green bond issuance off to strong start in 2021
As a result of the stronger-than-expected green bond issuance so far in 2021, NN Investment partners has raised its projection for full-year issuance to...
People’s Bank of China sets out northbound rules for Swap Connect
The People's Bank of China has issued interim measures to standardise the interest rate swap market between the mainland and Hong Kong, protecting investor...
