Market Analysis: Pressure on US dealing desks is changing priorities in 2020
New analysis of market activity this year has observed that while issuance is “racing toward historic annual highs” there is no corresponding increase in...
MarketAxess to buy MuniBrokers
Bond market operator MarketAxess has agreed to buy MuniBrokers, a central electronic venue serving municipal bond inter-dealer brokers and dealers.
MuniBrokers connects 14 municipal securities...
Steering through volatile markets
Madelaine Jones, portfolio manager for the European high yield and senior loan strategies at Oaktree Capital Management, talks to Lynn Strongin Dodds about lessons...
CUSIP requests indicate municipal borrowing to rise, corporate to fall
CUSIP Global Services (CGS) has found a significant surge in request volume for new municipal bond identifiers, and a significant decline in request for...
Bond platforms report record trading volumes for March
The March 2020 numbers are in for bond trading platforms MarketAxess and Tradeweb and both have seen record results, in a period that has...
Municipal bond traders push for better execution
A standardised framework of processes could emerge from platform providers and regulators to support electronification.
In a market without infrastructure, common standards of behaviour and...
FIMSAC releases agenda for today’s meeting
By Pia Hecher.
The Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee (FIMSAC) has published the agenda for its 29 October meeting. FIMSAC subcommittees will update on...
SEC pushes for transparency of municipal bond issuers
By Pia Hecher.
US market regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) amended its Securities Exchange Act on 20 August 2018, to enhance disclosure of...
Intercontinental Exchange agrees to acquire TMC Bonds
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, announced on 29th May that it...
New SEC Fixed Income Committee to cover liquidity issues this week
By Flora McFarlane.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee, formed in November 2017, will hold its first meeting on...
