Norges Bank adopts Bloomberg E-Bond for government securities
Norges Bank, the central bank of Norway, has adopted Bloomberg E-Bond as the trading platform for its inter-dealer market in Norwegian government bonds and...
Fixed income is Nasdaq’s greatest challenge
By Flora McFarlane.
Market operator Nasdaq has reported second quarter revenues from fixed income, commodities and currency (FICC) remained at US$19 million from Q1 2017,...
Tradeweb saw ADV hit US$1 trillion in January 2021
Market operator Tradeweb has reported its total trading volume for January was US$20 trillion across its electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money...
Chinese equity sell-off leaves locals “more cautious” on debt
Buy-side traders in the Chinese debt markets are noting some effect from the equity sell-off, which was triggered by concern around government and regulatory...
MarketAxess’s 2020 revenues up nearly 35%
Electronic bond market operator, MarketAxess, has reported revenues in 2020 were up 34.8% on 2019 to US$689.1 million, compared to US$511.4 million for the...
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...
Tradeweb announces JSCC clearing for MTF and SEF Yen swaps
Multi-asset market operator, Tradeweb has reported that institutional clients executing Japanese Yen swaps on its multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) and swap execution facilities (SEFs)...
Bond-trading broker-dealer charged for allegedly bankrupting firm
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Keith Wakefield, a former managing director and head of fixed income trading at IFS Securities, an...
Greenwich: Treasuries volatility ‘crazy’ low compared to 2019
Analysis by research firm Greenwich Associates has found the US Treasury market saw volatility 50% lower in August 2020 than in August 2019, which...
Lipper: Bond funds come roaring back (with Fed’s help)
Refinitiv Lipper has seen a bounce back for bond funds in Q2 2020 after they suffered losses of -4.3% and outflows of US$208.9 billion...
