Tackling the cost challenge in fixed income trading
In today’s highly competitive and cost-conscious fixed income market, small and medium sized institutions can struggle without the efficiencies of scale which large institutions...
Repo market stress prompts calls for central bank support
Could central bank intervention bypass sell-side intermediaries, if they only act as agents not risk takers? David Wigan reports.
The stresses in the US repo...
An EMS built for bond trading
Trading protocols in fixed income are multiplying and becoming more dynamic, placing demands on trading desks that only an EMS can manage.
An execution management...
CSDR mandatory buy-in delay welcomed
Umberto Menconi, head of Digital Markets Structures, Market Hub, Banca IMI, Intesa Sanpaolo Group
Since the financial crisis waves of new regulation and the need...
The DESK’s Trading Intentions Survey 2020 : UBS Bond Port
Adopting an agency approach has allowed UBS to deliver a service that has eluded many other banks via Bond Port.
As a result, the...
Subscriber
The DESK’s Trading Intentions Survey 2020 : Streamed dealer prices
STREAMED DEALER PRICES.
Streaming prices from dealers provide a key perspective on the market, but unless they are executable they have limited value for trading....
Subscriber
The DESK’s Trading Intentions Survey 2020 : Liquidnet
LIQUIDNET.
Liquidnet’s strength as a block-trading platform in the equity market may have paved its way for buy-side adoption in bonds, but it has certainly...
Subscriber
The DESK’s Trading Intentions Survey 2020 : Bloomberg
Bloomberg has a strong position as data provider, interface into the market and a trading venue.
The ubiquitous terminal allows it to build new services...
Subscriber
Europe’s liquidity rules are holding up… for now
New guidance on fund liquidity has followed redemption concerns in European equity and bond funds, writes Lynn Strongin-Dodds.
The risk that funds are unable to...
Liontrust – The trading team built for growth
Matt McLoughlin, partner and head of trading at Liontrust Asset Management, explains why expanding trading capabilities to match AUM and asset class growth needs...
