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Trading Intentions Survey: Data and protocol innovation are the battlegrounds for credit trading

The 2026 Trading Intentions Survey has found that data is the most hotly-contested field in supporting corporate bond trading today, while analysis of trading...

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MTS: Clarity, not just transparency, on bond trading costs

How bond trading platforms are redefining cost efficiency in European fixed income The cost of trading bonds has long been an opaque and contested arena....

Roundtable debate: Can the market electronify block trades?

The efficiency of electronic trading has trade-offs for blocks based on information disclosure, leakage and trust. Electronifying execution of larger bond orders is the ‘holy...

Competition in US Treasury clearing could sustain vicious exchange battle

The bitter competition between FMX and the CME, for trading of US Treasuries and Treasury futures, could enter an accelerated phase as new clearing...

Milei’s victory saw Argentinian debt traders reach for rapid risk transfer

In late October 2025, Argentine President Javier Milei’s party, La Libertad Avanza, scored a decisive win, in the country’s midterm elections, a political triumph...

Fund managers report more certainty in EM than in developed markets

The key takeaway from the first plenary session at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Amsterdam was clear; in 2026, uncertainty has become a...

Trade size growth undercuts European bond market ‘equitification’

Since 2023 European corporate bond markets have seen trades size grow, as trading platforms report increasing volumes “If we break down electronic trading growth in European...

Risk profiling electronic market makers after Jane Street, Jump re-rated

Last year, Jane Street and Jump Trading had their rating outlooks upgraded by ratings agencies, as they overcame potential hurdles facing their businesses. Electronic...