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US trading revenue gains come with a risk warning
S&P Global analysts have warned that global banks’ financing of market makers is increasing profits but also ratcheting up risk – while US banks’...
Japan eyes on-chain JGB collateral
Mizuho, Nomura, the Japan Securities Clearing Corporation and Digital Asset have partnered to explore digital collateral management for Japanese government bonds (JGBs).
A proof-of-concept (PoC)...
MarketAxess veteran promoted in New York
Michael Baptista has been promoted to head of emerging markets North America sales at MarketAxess. He is based in New York.
MarketAxess reported a total...
Broadridge’s DLT repo volumes almost quadruple YoY
Average daily volumes on Broadridge’s distributed ledger repo (DLR) service reached US$354 billion in March, up 392% year-on-year (YoY) and 1% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ).
According to...
Bond Market Awards 2026: The Winners
Bond Market Awards 2026: The Winners
The Lansdowne Club, Mayfair, London — Thursday 16 April 2026 | Hosted by Dan Barnes and Josephine Gallagher.
For nearly...
US credit volumes set new record
Average daily notional volumes (ADNV) were up 10% year-on-year (YoY) to US$65 billion in March, beating a record seat in February. Average daily trade...
FEATURES
Eurex sees lit credit future liquidity migrate to dark
The Bloomberg / Eurex credit futures conference in mid-January 2026 had all seats taken and attendees standing in the aisles. That bursting enthusiasm was...
Human battles machine in JGB market
Participants say electronic trading of Japanese government bonds has reached an inflection point, but others counter that the death of voice trading has been...
Credit futures see OI and ADV increase more than sevenfold YoY
The adoption of credit futures as a mainstream credit trading vehicle is broadening across venues and currencies: US$ iBoxx total return based futures traded...
Trade size growth undercuts European bond market ‘equitification’
Since 2023 European corporate bond markets have seen trades size grow, as trading platforms report increasing volumes
“If we break down electronic trading growth in European...
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RESEARCH
Bond traders predict data science/AI use explosion in 2026
The DESK’s Corporate Bond Liquidity Access Survey, supported by LTX, finds trading desks are on the cusp of change.
Buy-side traders see 2026 as a turning...
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The Book: Türkiye issues its first digitally native note
Türkiye İş Bankası (İşbank) has issued Türkiye’s first digitally native note (DNN), facilitated by Euroclear.
The US$100 million DNN was issued on Euroclear’s Digital Financial...
Ratings & Analysis: Fitch warns of Middle East sovereign downgrades
Sovereign ratings in the Middle East have the scope to withstand a short regional conflict, Fitch Ratings has said – but further escalation and...
GAM Investments onboards Bloomberg to improve risk and portfolio management workflows
GAM Investments has adopted an integrated suite of Bloomberg buy-side workflow solutions in a drive to streamline risk and portfolio management across the enterprise....
Origination: USD issuance to hit record highs in 2026, UBS predicts
UBS expects 2026 to be a record year of supply for fixed income in the US, accelerated by AI-driven capex and a strengthening M&A...
Buy-side traders become invaluable during crisis
The Iran war is clearly visible in parts of corporate bond pricing and emerging market trade sizes, but other parts of the market appear...
MeTheMoneyShow : Dimon worries about fintechs
Dan Barnes, Editorial Director of Markets Media Europe and senior writer Shanny Basar discuss the latest shareholder 'letter' from Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive of...
Stefano Dallavalle and Diederik Van Suchtelen join LedgerEdge
LedgerEdge, the distributed ledger platform for corporate bond trading, has appointed Stefano Dallavalle to develop LedgerEdge’s platform as product director. He joins LedgerEdge with...
Byron Cooper-Fogarty named CEO of Neptune Networks
Byron Cooper-Fogarty will become CEO Neptune Networks, the fixed income network for disseminating real-time axe data, and on 1 April 2024 with John Robinson...
EWIFA: Breaking the glass ceiling
It is almost time for this year’s European Women in Finance Awards, and we at Markets Media are looking forward to seeing 2024’s nominees...
What volatility looks like
Understanding how challenging the European markets have been to trade this year is far clearer when looking at the numbers. According to MarketAxess TraX...
BTIC: Bloomberg terminal users declined in 2016
Spend on market data, analysis and news has topped US$27 billion for the first time according to Burton-Taylor International Consulting’s latest report. The findings...
ICE: Muni Bonds – an interview with Ed Paulinski
In ICE’s series ‘The Munis Ecosystem’, ICE gathers experts from across the sector: issuers, portfolio managers, pricing & analytics, trading and climate experts, to...
