Q3.2017

Credit: The liquid, green bond sea

By Dan Barnes. Green bonds issuance is booming and investor appetite growing, making access to markets increasingly important. The size of the green bond market reached...

Evolution through collaboration

MiFID II and electronification are transforming the credit market – How can one benefit from this new environment to access liquidity and how can...

The DESK BENCHmark 2017: Mid-sized buy-side have diverse trading

Mid-sized asset managers champion electronic trading - The DESK’s BENCHmark research has found mid-sized firms use electronic trading and a wider range of brokers than...

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The unspoken truth about US Treasuries

Susan Estes, co-founder, CEO & President at OpenDoor speaks to The DESK and exposes the hidden risks within the US Treasury market for institutional investors. Dealer business...

Rates: The risk of weighting sovereign debt

By David Wigan. Sweden’s sovereign move has fired a risk weight debate. David Wigan reports. One of the lessons of recent European economic history is that...

MiFID II are you ready for 2018?

With the introduction of MiFID II and MiFIR on 3 January 2018, the European financial markets will face the biggest regulatory change they have...

MTS turns 20 years of repo market experience and innovation towards the buy side

Sell-side dealers have long benefited from the efficiencies and liquidity that electronic trading brings to the Cash bond and Repo markets. Now, as it...

Fund location in a passive world

As hurricane Irma smashed into the British Virgin Islands (BVI) the headlines were correctly focused on the human impact. Yet in the financial markets...

Derivatives: Buying the benchmark

By Fred Maple. As ownership of fixed income indexes changes, buy-side traders are cautious of the impact. Fred Maple reports. Three major purchases of fixed income...