Fixed income’s slow adaptation to payment for research
By Flora McFarlane
While MiFID II’s unbundling rules across the board are in full swing, fixed income is still getting used to the accompanying cultural...
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Top trends in fixed income electronification for 2018
By Flora McFarlane.
Analyst firm Aite Group has predicted six electronification trends for fixed income in 2018, highlighting further room for expansion for fintech firms,...
SEC Fixed Income Committee: Debate on liquidity metrics
By Flora McFarlane.
The often narrow focus of liquidity metrics in research was raised as a concern by the first meeting of the Security and...
Potential SEC pilot programmes explored by new bond committee
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee (FIMSAC) explored the possibility of prescriptive intervention to accelerate bond market structure and...
Dark trading limits to apply from March after reporting failures
*Update* The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will only apply the double volume cap (DVC) mechanism for trading European equities from March 2018,...
People’s Bank of China releases green bond certification guidelines
By Flora McFarlane.
The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) and China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has released guidance on the development of the green bond...
New SEC Fixed Income Committee to cover liquidity issues this week
By Flora McFarlane.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee, formed in November 2017, will hold its first meeting on...
ICE ties BondPoint into broader fixed income strategy
By Flora McFarlane.
Intercontinental Exchange has completed its acquisition of BondPoint from Virtu Financial, signalling its continued expansion in the fixed income market.
BondPoint, an alternative...
Ipreo growth ahead of rival banks Q1 platform launch
By Flora McFarlane and Dan Barnes.
A primary market offering is expected to be launched by a consortium of Citi, Goldman Sachs, and Wells Fargo...
Quarterly European fixed income market analysis
Leveraging Trax’s vast market data set, the Trax Facts quarterly review provides a detailed analysis of activity across fixed income markets, including: Corporates, Agencies,...
