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...
Treasury futures fight intensifies between FMX and CME
The US Fixed Income Leaders Summit 2025 showcased the fierce rivalry in the US treasury futures space, between incumbent giant exchange CME and upstart...
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...
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...
S&P Global Market Intelligence: MarketAxess collaboration to enhance fixed income market transparency and efficiency
Following the announcement of a new data partnership between S&P Global Market Intelligence and MarketAxess, Traders Magazine* sat down with Kat Sweeney, Head of...
Five ideas from FILS for buy-side traders
The Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit US kicked off on Monday 9 June in Washington DC, with the buy-side traders’ day. While no reporting is...
Eurex: Trade it at Eurex
By Davide Masi, Global Product Lead, Credit Derivatives and Leon Von Essen, Product Manager, Credit Derivatives at Eurex
Futurization is the next step in the...
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)...
US electronic credit trading slows down in May
Average daily TRACE volume for US investment grade (IG) and high yield (HY) corporates slipped 10.8% from April to US$52.8 billion, according to MarketAxess...
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,...
