Lead : Best execution : Dan Barnes
The best execution conundrum
Market structure, risk trading and the nature of time-limited instruments make reporting of best execution for bonds a challenge. Dan Barnes...
Technology: Can the EMS become a desktop trading venue?
Direct streaming of dealer prices could allow traders to bypass third party venues, if their desktop systems can be used to execute direct streams...
Power to the people
New trading protocols can create paths to best execution or confound it through complexity. Chris Hall reports.
“Every nation gets the government it deserves” was...
On The DESK: Divide and conquer
The DESK interviews the team delivering continuous management of trading, for the world’s largest collective assets under management.
• Dan Veiner is Co-Head of Global...
Build informed trading strategies
Market participants need both quantity and quality of data. You asked for it. We’ve got it.
In the global fixed income markets, more accessible and...
The DESK’s Trading Intentions Survey 2020 : TrueQuote
TRUEQUOTE.
A new entrant in the market in 2019, TrueQuote has seen remarkable success, rapidly building market share and moving quickly to develop trading protocols...
Buy-side fights back against primary market pressure
As new platforms promise to increase efficiency in bond issuance, buy-side firms are looking for leverage to drive change, and not only through technology.
The...
Automation in the life-cycle of a trade
By Oliver Clark, Head of Product Development, MTS.
The role of the fixed income trader is radically and rapidly transforming. As more workflow shifts onto...
Data: A blank tape
Europe’s consolidated tape proposal is a start, but many details still need to be filled in for its value to be assessed. Lynn Strongin...
Pre-trade data: The next generation
The first generation of pre-trade analytics are consolidating; the second generation of price and liquidity providers such as Bondcliq and Katana will need to...
