Meet the new market makers
The DESK profiles six of the major electronic liquidity providers.
Non-traditional market makers were seen to offer liquidity when many dealers pulled back in 2020....
The DESK’s Trading Intentions Survey 2020 : Unpicking the buy-side workflow
We reveal the buy side’s use of platforms for pre-trade data, executing orders in the market and trading venues.
Trading Intentions Survey highlights
Bloomberg has...
The DESK’s Trading Intentions Survey 2021
This year sees tighter pipelines for new business and a wider array of trading protocols.
Executive summary
One year on from the sell-off in Q1 2020,...
Investment in derivatives post-trade set to soar
A new study by analyst firm, Acuiti, released in a whitepaper entitled The Growing Need to Invest in Derivatives Post-Trade, sponsored by Broadridge Financial...
Research: OMS/EMS Survey 2022
Traders prioritise O/EMS analytics as liquidity dries up
OMS/EMS stacks need to help traders assess trading conditions in 2022.
The DESK’s research into buy-side execution and...
Analysis: Electronic trading across US and European bond markets
Electronic trading of US credit erupted in May 2024, according to analysis of the US credit market by Coalition Greenwich. It found that investment...
The Trading Intentions Survey 2022
New platforms and late bloomers are all seeing greater interest.
This year buy-side desks have a renewed vigour for investing in trading tools, with far...
The DESK’s Trading Intentions Survey 2020 : Trumid
TRUMID
Trumid has experienced astounding growth over the past year, with average daily trading volume in January up 325% over January 2019, reaching US$761m, which...
Trading Intentions Survey 2025
The battle for pre-trade analytics
The 2025 Trading Intentions Survey canvassed 40 buy-side trading desks across asset managers headquartered in Europe (52%) and the US...
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Research: Bloomberg, the EMS of choice for fixed income
We analyse the firm’s success in delivering an outperforming execution management system.
This year’s research has found Bloomberg’s fixed income execution management system (EMS), TSOX,...














