Coalition: FICC up 50% for banks in H1, rates revenues doubled
Banks saw fixed income, currency and commodities (FICC) revenues rise by 54.6% in the first half of the year according to analyst firm Coalition....
Fixed income ETFs struggling with liquidity crisis
Fixed income exchange traded funds (ETFs) are reportedly struggling in the current liquidity crisis, while their market makers are trying hard to get delta...
Buy-side firms warn on herding effect of QE
By Aulia Beg.
Portfolio managers have expressed concern about the ‘herding’ behaviour within the investment community, resulting from central banks’ quantitative easing (QE) programmes.
In a...
MarketAxess EM extends coverage to Egypt, Hong Kong and Serbia
Bond market operator and data provider MarketAxess has added Egypt (EGP), Hong Kong (HKD) and Serbia (RSD) to its Emerging Markets (EM) local markets...
Platform volumes in May up on 2019 levels
Market operator MarketAxess has seen a monthly trading volume for May 2020 of US$520 billion consisting of $229 billion in credit volume and $291...
MTS BondsPro pushes into Mexican bond markets
Fixed income market operator MTS Markets, part of London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), has expanded its reach into Mexico via a marketing agreement with...
Tradeweb monthly ADV up 20% year-on-year
Market operator Tradeweb has reported a total trading volume of US$19.8 trillion for August 2021 across its electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and...
TradingScreen integrates Bondcliq data
TradingScreen, the order and execution management system (OEMS) provider, has partnered and integrated with TradingScreen,, the corporate bond market system. The integration of BondCliQ’s...
Chappell and Nuyts launch European outsourced trading centre
A new outsourced trading and advisory firm, Sherpa Edge, will launch operations on 1 April led by two highly experienced traders Bart Nuyts and...
Derivatives Forum Frankfurt: Efficiency drives towards multi-asset trading
One of the primary reasons for the adoption of multi-asset trading is to improve efficiency, agreed ‘Trends in Multi-asset Trading’ panellists at this year’s...
