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,...
The DESK Research: Which trading protocols are buy-side firms using?
Primary research finds a distinct break between trading for active and passive portfolios across non-comp trading and auto-execution.
The DESK surveyed 30 buy-side trading...
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...
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....
Brexit & Covid: Keep your eye on the ball
Jannah Patchay of Markets Evolution advises firms to keep their eye on the ball and not let Covid divert their attention from the job...
Big names out at BGC
Interdealer broker BGC Partners has made a wave of job cuts, as announced in April, which combined with recent departures has removed several heads...
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 2020 : MarketAxess
MarketAxess is rated as the most effective platform for finding liquidity in the corporate bond space by buy-side traders, and is a constant contender...
The DESK’s Trading Intentions Survey 2020 : Neptune
NEPTUNE.
The only one of the first-generation, pre-trade data providers to thrive, Neptune is a firm favourite. Described by its interim CEO, Byron Cooper-Fogarty, as...
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....
