How traders weathered the Treasury sell-off
The US Treasury’s auction of seven-year notes last Thursday saw the lowest investor appetite ever, according to some sources, leaving primary dealers holding the...
JP Morgan: Rates and credit trading show greatest electronic growth
The annual JP Morgan e-Trading survey, now in its fifth year, has found that, over the next two years, rates trading and credit trading...
Natwest Markets trading desk automating fixed income trading workflow with ipushpull
Natwest Markets has implemented a new PPQ (Pushpull Quotes) workflow system to streamline manual workflow around non-standard, complex trades such as fixed income trading.
Matthew...
A new model for predicting fixed income trading costs
BestX, the execution quality analysis provider, has launched a new tool for fixed income traders to support their pre-trade capabilities.
The ‘Expected Cost’ model is...
Tradeweb reports December 2020 volume up nearly 30% year-on-year
Bond market operator Tradeweb has reported its total trading volume for December was US$18.2 trillion across its marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money...
ICE Bonds sees record notional volume for portfolio trading
Market operator, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has reported record volumes for fixed income portfolio trading during the fourth quarter of 2020.
Over US$1.9 billion in US-based...
Seth Bernstein: Diversification via fixed income “if not dead, is in...
Seth Bernstein, the CEO of US$622 billion AUM asset manager AllianceBernstein, has opened the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit US today, with an analysis of...
Adaptable AI: Predicting Bond Prices in the Year of Surprises
Kristina Fan, Founder and CEO of 7 Chord, tells The DESK how BondDroid, the firm’s proprietary machine-learning technology, is overcoming barriers to AI adoption...
Profile : Paul Squires : Navigating uncharted territory
Paul Squires, Head of the EMEA Equities and Henley Fixed Interest dealing teams at investment management company Invesco discusses the benefit of experience, the...
Broadway Technology’s fixed income spin-off raises questions about competitive landscape
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has agreed the takeover of Broadway Technology by ION Trading Technologies, allowing ION to expand its grip...
