TP ICAP acquires Neptune, integrates into new credit business with bank partners
TP ICAP Group has acquired Neptune Networks the axe-streaming firm, co-owned by a consortium of investment banks. Neptune delivers real-time pre-trade bond market data,...
The elasticity of the bond market as Citadel accelerates competition
Bond markets have proven highly resilient in 2025 whilst demonstrating a significant level of adaptation across different ways of trading.
Kicking off the US Fixed...
How CIOs value the trading desk in 2025
This year has challenged some major assumptions for investors, the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit, held in Washington DC, heard on 11 June.
Lori Heinel, global...
Trading protocol gains bolster liquidity sourcing
Perspectives vary as to which newer methods of buying and selling bonds will most help institutional traders in the next year, but there is...
“There is still an edge in systematic trading”
Systematic trading is often associated with highly liquid instruments, but asset managers have outlined success stories in less liquid debt markets, at the Fixed...
Portfolio trading proves transformational, but controversial
The US market has been transformed by portfolio trading (PT) this year, with estimates that PT makes up somewhere between 25-40% of dealer-to-client (D2C)...
Complex environment requires multi-model approach to data science
In fixed income, the most effective investment and trading models can be those built to withstand uncertainty. Speaking at the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit...
Managing human capital in fixed income trading
As the fixed income industry evolves, so do the skills needed to succeed — and emotional intelligence is increasingly at the forefront of how...
Muni bond, loan market development paths in focus
Like illiquid fixed income instruments, illiquid fixed income markets are not standardized, with each on their own unique path toward market development.
Municipal bonds and...
In retail fixed income, trust trumps education
Fixed income markets are complex and esoteric compared with equities.
Retail market participants are more interested in bonds than they had been for years, given...
