ESMA consultation on RTS 2 marks accelerated process
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a consultation on the development of draft regulatory technical standards to specify the pre-trade thresholds...
Deutsche Bank launches new FIC coverage model
Deutsche Bank has set up a new coverage model for its fixed income and currencies (FIC) sales team, intended to be more tailored to...
Flextrade and BlackRock platforms to integrate, extending OEMS consolidation trend
Execution management system (EMS) provider Flextrade and Aladdin, the order management system (OMS) developed by asset manager BlackRock, are to deepen their partnership, with...
Credit: The introduction and initial impact of portfolio trading
Ted Husveth, Managing Director, Credit Product Manager, Tradeweb.
Portfolio trading in credit markets continues to take shape and change the way that many clients are trading...
Trumid picks EM head and launches EM Attributed Trading
Bond market operator, Trumid, has hired Ben Sobel as head of emerging markets (EM). He has over 15 years of experience in EM, in...
Post-pandemic corporate bond surge continues among retailers
Corporate debt issuance is expected to ramp up this week as more companies emerge from earnings blackout periods, according to research by analytics provider...
MarketAxess rides all-to-all and volume growth to record revenues in Q1
Bond market operator MarketAxess has reported Q1 2021 revenues of US$195.5 million, up 16% on the previous year and a company record. While Q1...
CME to launch rates futures based on Mexico’s F-TIIE
Derivative and rates market operator, CME Group, is to introduce interest rate futures based on the Central Bank of Mexico's Overnight TIIE funding rate...
DirectBooks live with euro and sterling investment grade deals
Sell-side consortium DirectBooks, is now live with Euro and Sterling Investment Grade bond deal announcements on its bond issuance platform. The platform launched in...
Trading : Intertwining electronic trading of credit and rates
Electronic market operators are bringing together credit and rates trading platforms in an effort to deliver more efficient execution for traders.
The interplay between the...
