FCA consulting on bond and derivative markets transparency reforms
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on proposals to improve the transparency regime for bond and derivative markets.
The consultation, which is open...
ESMA reports improving credit risk but Overbond warns on liquidity risk
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has released its latest ‘Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities’ (TRV) report, finding that fixed income markets continued to...
Concern over data dominates corporate bond discussions
Limited access to data is impeding quantitative analysis of best execution for corporate bonds, leading to a need for more qualitative analysis for many...
New Aité report provides detailed analysis of fixed income EMS capabilities
A new report from the Aité Group, penned by Audrey Blater and Matt Simon, has provided an in-depth look at the execution management system...
Making a mark on TCA
Transaction cost analysis is becoming more sophisticated despite data limitations. Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the current offerings.
Fixed income markets are becoming more transparent....
A wild ride: Tradeweb’s Hult reviews the bond market in 2023
Historic interest rate moves, a debt ceiling stalemate, major bank collapses and massive geopolitical instability. These mega events sent shocks through the markets in...
Technology: The competitive edge for a fixed income OMS
To better support alpha generation buy-side firms need to overcome any inertia created by legacy front office technology, writes Lynn Strongin Dodds.
Cost has always...
Are costs in consolidated tape feasibility study too high?
Capital markets consultancy, Adamantia, has worked together with institutions including Barclays, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB, Deutsche Bank Group, Natixis CIB and Société Générale...
Bloomberg expands Rule Builder to boost automated fixed income trading
Bloomberg has introduced a range of new elements to its Rule Builder (RBLD) solution to continue development of its automated trading offerings. The new...
Bond platforms report record trading volumes for March
The March 2020 numbers are in for bond trading platforms MarketAxess and Tradeweb and both have seen record results, in a period that has...
