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CME Group’s international rates ADV up 42% in Q2

Market operator and infrastructure provider CME Group has reported its international average daily volume (ADV) reached 5.1 million contracts in Q2 2021, up 6%...

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...

Chinese govies step closer to collateral acceptability

Acceptance of Chinese government bonds as collateral will hinge upon rule changes around defaults. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports. The use of Chinese government bonds as...

Business alpha – The confidence trick to liquidity

Getting the confidence of investors supports access to liquidity during choppy markets. By Ruth Emery If your clients are sucking their cash out of a...

2021 European Markets Choice Awards – The WINNERS

2021 European Markets Choice Awards – The WINNERS We are delighted to announce the winners of the inaugural European Markets Choice Awards. For some categories...

On The DESK: Sharon Ruffles

Sharon Ruffles, head of fixed income trading, EMEA at State Street Global Advisors, outlines her ongoing strategy to expand the scale, capabilities and reach of her team. Which...

Tangible returns from bond trade automation

Adoption of automated trading continues apace across several bond markets and within different grades of instrument. Gareth Coltman, global head of automation at MarketAxess,...

Capital Group appoints Carpenzano to fixed income team in Europe

Capital Group, which has more than US$441 billion in fixed income assets under management (AUM) of its total US$2.4 trillion AUM, has hired of...

Internal crossing for US bond trading needs ‘principles-based’ approach

Buy-side firms have roundly supported Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposals to allow internal crossing of fixed income trades in the US market, however...