MarketAxess volumes up 16.4%; EM and all-to-all lead growth
By Pia Hecher.
Venue operator and data provider MarketAxess has announced its second quarter results with significant upward trends in overall trading volume, including Open...
Algomi/Euroclear deal may open access to 373,000 bonds
Pre-trade data provider Algomi has significantly extended the universe of bonds for which it can publish trading opportunities, by signing a new agreement with...
FIMSAC: MiFID II shows flaws in ‘equitisation’ of bond markets
By Shobha Prabhu-Naik.
Europe’s revamped Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) legislation MiFID II carries ideas from the equity markets into other markets but...
BGC buys embonds, lay-offs confirmed
Interdealer broker BGC has confirmed its May 2018 acquisition of emerging markets bond trading platform embonds, while several sources close to the firm have...
Federal Reserve group issues credit risk warning over US Treasuries trading
By Pia Hecher.
The Federal Reserve’s Treasury Market Practices Group (TMPG), which discusses issues in the US government bond market, has said that firms are...
IHS Markit claims Liquidnet clients see transaction cost savings of 87%
By Shobha Prabhu-Naik.
Information provider IHS Markit claims that buy-side firms trading all-to-all receive 87% transaction cost savings, by trading on Liquidnet Fixed Income.
IHS Markit...
FCA says HFT firms exacerbate and profit from flash crashes
A paper published by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has said that high-frequency trading (HFT) firms and agency traders exacerbate flash crashes in the...
Trading Technologies streamlines AI surveillance for fixed income and futures
By Pia Hecher.
Trading Technologies (TT), the producer of trading software platforms for automated buying and selling of futures, options and cryptocurrencies, has integrated its...
FENICS USTreasuries launch : Howard Lutnick : BGC Partners
Howard Lutnick: Revolutionising Treasury trading
Adapting its interdealer expertise for a buy‑side market, BGC is creating a unique trading mechanism to modernise the cash Treasury...
Rates : Trading protocols : Dan Barnes
The new Treasuries protocols
Breaking away from the request-for-quote protocol could allow for tighter pricing without information leakage.
Traders engaged in the US Treasury (UST) markets...
