MARKET NEWS
LSEG pays big for FI data offering boost
LSEG has announced its upcoming acquisition of credit intelligence, data and workflow provider Octus in a US$5.353 billion deal.
This figure is significantly higher than...
Automation becomes life or death struggle for bond trading desks
The survival of traditional buyside bond trading desks is becoming an increasingly contentious issue, as automation takes over routine execution and portfolio managers gain...
Webster joins Goldman
Liam Webster has joined Goldman Sachs as an EM rates trader in London.
Goldman Sachs reported US$15.5 billion in global banking and markets revenues for...
Tradeweb acquires Trumid, narrows competitive landscape
Tradeweb is acquiring Trumid in a US$1.97 billion deal, further consolidating the fixed income e-trading landscape.
During a conference call, Tradeweb stated that the deal...
FEATURES
Citadel Securities reveals glimpse of credit platform broker rankings
Famously secretive market maker Citadel Securities has cast light on the equally secretive world of credit trading platforms as part of a scathing whitepaper...
At Vontobel, experience, relationships, and data converge
Vontobel’s fixed income trading desk for institutional clients covers the global fixed income universe.
The DESK connected with Jean-Michel Manry, head of fixed income trading at Vontobel's investments...
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COMMENTARY
Commentary: Janaka Ariyasena
Back to school: Credit’s September report card, and Q4 starts with a bang. September saw government bond yields hit levels last reached in the early 2000s, some of the largest […]
Commentary: Byron Cooper-Fogarty
Garbage In, Alpha Out? Why data quality will decide who wins with AI in Fixed Income. Byron Cooper-Fogarty, former CEO of Neptune Networks. Garbage in, garbage out is a truism […]
Commentary: Applying artificial intelligence to fixed income trading
By Alex Evangeli Successful decision making in fixed income markets requires drawing conclusions from fragmented information. This challenge makes the asset class a natural candidate for both machine learning and, […]
