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Demotivated dealers

By Flora McFarlane. Sell-side bond trading is losing its lustre for traders, according to Greenwich Associates research. Increasing automation and regulatory changes may be the...

Trumid launches continuous bond pricing platform

By Flora McFarlane. Trumid has announced the launch of its new service, the Fair Value Model Price (FVMP), for continuous bond pricing which produces a...

Major concerns raised about repo

By Flora McFarlane. Several buy-side practitioners have voiced warnings about the outlook for the ‘broken’ repo market, warning that European regulators needed to address the...

Massive buy-side appetite for alternative data as 90% see return on investment

By Flora McFarlane. Nearly half of asset managers and three-quarters of hedge funds intend to increase spending on alternative data sources in 2018, with 90%...

Three quarters say buy-side main source of liquidity in fixed income

By Flora McFarlane. Ahead of the November Fixed Income Leaders Summit, WBR research has found 75% of buy-side firms consider the main source of liquidity...

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Coalition: Dealer fixed income stabilising, in a tale of two quarters

By Flora McFarlane. Analyst house Coalition’s latest report on investment bank activity has shown mixed results for fixed income, currency and commodities (FICC) in the...

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Kempen chooses SimCorp Coric for legacy client reporting

By Flora McFarlane. Dutch asset manager, Kempen, has selected SimCorp Coric for its reporting solutions, replacing its legacy reporting technology, in response to increasing regulation...

Liquidnet: 39% of buy-side firms rethinking use of TCA

By Flora McFarlane. Traditional transaction cost analysis (TCA) could be a casualty in the shifting landscape of pre- and post-MiFID II regulation, with 39% of...

GreySpark: Single-tier fixed income markets on rise

Consultancy GreySpark has found a clear shift in the fixed income market towards single-tier electronic venues, as a result of regulatory changes and greater...