2020: Finding positives in a tough year
While 2020 was a tough year on many levels, Lee Olesky, CEO of Tradeweb, has tried to pick out the positives from a market...
November sees e-trading volumes up
The 2020 pandemic marked a critical turning point for electronic trading in the corporate bond markets according to Tradeweb in the firm’s 2021 letter...
MarketAxess launches MKTX US Investment Grade 400 Corporate Bond Index
Bond market operator, MarketAxess, has launched the MKTX US Investment Grade 400 Corporate Bond Index (MKTX 400 Index). The launch of MarketAxess’ first tradable...
Liquidnet expands continental Europe coverage
Block trading specialist Liquidnet, part of the TP ICAP Group, has expanded its continental European coverage by deploying specialists in equities and fixed income...
Fed names new sellers to SMCCF including Jane Street, Tradeweb
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has released the the first wave of additional counterparties that it has selected to support the Secondary...
How big is portfolio trading in corporate bond markets?
Recent reports from market participants have given slightly different estimates for the use of portfolio trading in US corporate bonds, however the consensus is...
Shumpert joins MarketAxess rates business
Nicole Shumpert has been named US rates product manager for dealer to client (D2C) by bond market operator MarketAxess.
Shumpert is a highly experienced operator...
Tradeweb all-to-all for Europe after summer
Following the announcement of all-to-all trading on its US Credit platform, Tradeweb Europe will also be launching the functionality in H2 2017.
The system, 'Blast...
Billy Hult to become new Tradeweb CEO
Tradeweb, the rates, credit, equities and money market operator, has announced a number of changes to the board of directors and succession plans for...
Liquidnet reports 57% jump in bond liquidity during volatile markets
Liquidnet has reported that the recent volatility led to an increase in bond trading volumes on the all-to-all block trading platform.
“In the last six...
