Industry viewpoint : MTS : David Parker
All-to-all trading: the corporate bond market revolution
By David Parker, Head of Sales at MTS
The promise of an increase in electronic trading in the less...
CME to buy NEX Group
CME to buy NEX Group
CME Group will acquire NEX in a deal expected to close in the second half of 2018, pending approval by...
Major firms rally around software standardisation
Major firms rally around software standardisation
The new OpenFin operating system, designed for use in finance houses, has gained considerable support for an initiative to...
Fixed Income Leaders : The DESK
Fixed Income Leaders – Expectations for 2018
The DESK spoke with members of the advisory panel for FILS Amsterdam to assess the likely agenda.
In November 2018,...
Securities financing : An integrated approach : Lynn Strongin Dodds
Securities lending comes into its own
How buy-side firms are adapting to the margin regime, by Lynn Strongin Dodds.
Regulation, including tighter margin legislation, has focused the buy-side mind...
Technology : Order management systems : Dan Barnes
Will buy-side firms build the OMS they need?
Complaints about order management system performance still dog the fixed income markets, increasing the likelihood of in-house...
Industry viewpoint : Trading U.S. Treasuries : Josh Holden
Beige:
US Treasuries path forward likely to be moulded by lessons of other markets
By Josh Holden,
Chief Information Officer, OpenDoor Trading
At OpenDoor we recently celebrated the...
Credit : Information overload : Dan Barnes
Dealer axes: Can’t see the wood for the trees
A proliferation of axes and inventories are making dealer data hard to consume by trading desks....
Viewpoint : Best execution : Constantinos Antoniades & Rebecca Healey
A global gold standard of best execution – moving beyond MiFID II
By Constantinos Antoniades, Head of Fixed Income, and Rebecca Healey, Head of EMEA...
Lead : Crossing trades & best execution : Dan Barnes
The best ways to cross‑trade
Crossing trades between funds is operationally complex but rewarding for investors and asset managers; using platforms to standardise the process...













