Shape the way you access The DESK in 2025
In 2025 we will be introducing proprietary data tools to allow our readers to research bond issuers and issuance activity.
To support our independent sourcing...
Eurex: Setting the benchmark
Eurex’s three-month Euro STR Futures (€STR) are supporting the Euro market transition to a new risk-free rate.
Eurex’s €STR Futures, referencing the new Euro-denominated risk-free...
Could a secondary market work in private credit?
There is very limited access to secondary trading in private credit. Given the direct exposure to creditors, this might present a liquidity bottleneck for...
Is electronic trading levelling out the year-end liquidity shortfall?
Concern about liquidity shortfalls at year end could be alleviated by electronic market makers say traders, and the data seems to back them up.
A...
Tourist traps in the credit market
Dipping in and out of credit markets can reduce the value of investments for the non-specialist, but also for more experienced investors.
In their 2014...
Decision trees (and how to climb them)
Making the working lives of credit traders better is The DESK’s mission. Traders are time poor, and systematising trading allows them to free up...
Markets Media acquires Trader TV to form multimedia capital markets giant
Global capital markets publisher, Markets Media Group, has acquired Trader TV, the leading online trading TV provider, to form a multi-media giant, spanning the...
ICE: Size-Adjusted Pricing (SAP)
Shifting odd lot dynamics throw a spotlight on ICE’s Size-Adjusted Pricing
A dramatic jump in small trade volumes, driven by increased retail and electronic...
Liquidity provider profile: Millennium Advisors
The DESK looks at fixed income liquidity providers business models in depth.
This month, we spoke with Millennium Advisors' Laurent Paulhac, group CEO and Caroline...
Matt Howell: Building a centre of excellence for derivatives trading
Matt Howell reveals how T Rowe Price optimised its derivatives trading capabilities ahead of the expected boom in trading activity this year.
How are the...
