JP MORGAN: The parametric approach to credit trading
Broadening the range and number of instruments traded in a single order is opening up liquidity.
The DESK spoke with Andreas Koukorinis, global head of...
EUREX: Why credit index futures are here to stay
Lee Bartholomew, global head of fixed income and currencies product design, and Davide Masi, fixed income ETD product design at Eurex spoke to The DESK...
TS IMAGINE: How the quiet fixed income EMS revolution is changing bond markets as we know them
By Spencer Lee, Chief Markets Officer, TS Imagine
Fixed income markets are more complex than ever as the fixed income universe expands rapidly. The quest...
Derivatives: Credit default swaps – The revival
Applying innovation from corporate bond markets to credit derivatives trading could boost liquidity at a point of market stress.
Single-name credit default swaps (CDSs) provide...
Research: Analytics use in trading workflow increases by 72% over three years
Effectiveness for reporting and desk performance assessment improves year-on-year.
The DESK’s latest research into trading analytics has found its use growing within the trading workflow,...
Viewpoint: Measuring the performance of automated execution in volatile markets
The success of automated trading in bond markets is both persistent and consistent, says Andrew Cameron, director of trade automation at MarketAxess.
Automation technologies are...
Trading: Best practices for the sell-side desk
Buy-side traders do not have time to waste, so attention is key to a strong relationship.
We asked buy-side desks about the best ways their...
TransFICC: The Network is the Market – Improving access and automation in fixed income
By Steve Toland, co-founder TransFICC.
Remember Sun Microsystems’ tag line from 1984? “The Network is the Computer” – meaning computers should be networked, or they...
The Agency Broker Hub: Innovation and preparation
The DESK asked Gherardo Lenti Capoduri, head of Market Hub, the multi-asset agency brokerage execution platform of Intesa Sanpaolo, about the state of the...
Review: An apples-to-apples comparison of all-to-all trading platforms
We compare the very different all-to-all offerings provided by electronic trading platforms.
A good all-to-all offering can really support electronic liquidity provision, especially if traditional...