How the ICMA got firm on bond pricing
Buy-side traders have long decried the lack of executable price in bond markets. For the best part of a decade the electrification of these...
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...
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...
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...
Tradeweb expands data access through AWS collaboration
Market operator Tradeweb is collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to broaden access to its US Treasury and UK Gilt closing price data through...
BrokerTec launches US Treasury benchmark spread trading
Electronic bond market operator BrokerTec, has launched Relative Value (RV) Curve spread trading, allowing clients to trade cash US Treasury benchmark spreads in a...
SIFMA finds support for shift in benchmarking of 20-year US corporate...
The spread for many legacy 20-year US corporate bonds is benchmarked against the 30-year Treasury, but trade body SIFMA has found support for moving...
Coalition: Banks’ FICC trading victory in 2020 through remote working and...
Remote working did not hold back sell-side firms in 2020 according to data from analyst firm Coalition. Full year investment banking revenues increased by...
