The DESK BENCHmark 2017: Mid-sized buy-side have diverse trading
Mid-sized asset managers champion electronic trading - The DESK’s BENCHmark research has found mid-sized firms use electronic trading and a wider range of brokers than...
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MiFID II are you ready for 2018?
With the introduction of MiFID II and MiFIR on 3 January 2018, the European financial markets will face the biggest regulatory change they have...
Hermes Investment Management chooses IHS Markit for TCA
By Flora McFarlane.
Hermes Investment Management has chosen IHS Markit’s TCA platform ahead of incoming best execution obligations under MiFID II.
The technology provider’s TCA platform...
JP Morgan chooses Mosaic fixed income data analytics platform
By Flora McFarlane.
In a move to increase the efficiency and efficiency across its FICC sales and trading division, JP Morgan has contracted Mosaic Smart...
Algomi taps bonds held in custody to release liquidity
BNY Mellon and HSBC are each partnering with pre-trade bond data specialist Algomi, to expand corporate bond trading opportunities for their custody clients and...
FIX issues guide for MiFID II reporting of bond trades
By Flora McFarlane.
FIX Trading Community, which sets the messaging standard for trading messages sent between buy-side and sell-side firms, has published the final Recommended...
Bank of England warns of risks in fast fixed income markets
By TheDESK
Chris Salmon, executive director for markets at the Bank of England has warned that risk management techniques need to develop to handle the...
Evolution through collaboration
MiFID II and electronification are transforming the credit market – How can one benefit from this new environment to access liquidity and how can...
UBS quantifies MiFID II ripples that will be felt across the pond
The DESK.
Banks will see trading revenue growth fall by roughly 1.5% in 2018 due to MiFID II, and that pressure will sustain for at...
Credit: The liquid, green bond sea
By Dan Barnes.
Green bonds issuance is booming and investor appetite growing, making access to markets increasingly important.
The size of the green bond market reached...
