ICMA fills in the blanks on MiFID II agreement
A new article written by the regulatory team at the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA), has shed light on details in the agreed text...
Game Changer: Liquidnet
Markets Media's Traders Magazine spoke with Mark Govoni, CEO of Liquidnet, which won Game Changer at the 2023 Markets Choice Awards.
How does your company...
Beyond Liquidity: Rebundling Research Will Not Increase Demand for UK SMEs
With the implementation of MiFID II in 2018 came the unbundling of payments for investment research from trading commissions. The perceived benefit of unbundling...
Beyond Liquidity: Investors Turn to Fixed Income Dark Trading During Market Stress
Dark pool trading in credit markets offers numerous benefits on a day-to-day basis, and can increase during periods of market stress. A recent example...
BondBloxx outsources trading to Northern Trust
Northern Trust providing outsourced trading services to BondBloxx, an issuer of fixed income exchange traded funds (ETFs) which recently surpassed US$1 billion in assets...
Investment Grade trading: A tale of two markets
By John Gallagher, MarketAxess
Last year, the markets were a one-way trade. Aggressive rate increases leading to horrible returns. Sell everything! And ask questions later......
The liquidity gap between 144A and Reg S bonds
144A and Regulation S (Reg S) securities have distinct regulatory backgrounds and key differences. Liquidity measures such as Bid-Ask spread and post-issuance volumes in...
Industry viewpoint: New strategies for corporate bond index futures in 2023
David Litchfield, director for derivatives sales at Cboe Global Markets, explains how Cboe corporate bond index futures are supporting traders in a highly changeable environment.
The...
Beyond Liquidity: Optimism grows for European consolidated tape
Investors have been calling for a consolidated tape in Europe, which gives them aggregated data on trading volumes and prices throughout the region in...
Viewpoint: MarketAxess to increase automation with Adaptive Auto-X
MarketAxess is aiming to initially launch Adaptive Auto-X in the first half of this year to provide clients with algorithmic workflows and allow them...














