Portfolio trading proves transformational, but controversial
The US market has been transformed by portfolio trading (PT) this year, with estimates that PT makes up somewhere between 25-40% of dealer-to-client (D2C)...
The Autonomous Trader
Separating the trading function from portfolio management is a painful exercise, but the benefits can be felt by the end investor. Dan Barnes reports.
Buy-side...
Trading: Best practices for the sell-side desk
Buy-side traders do not have time to waste, so attention is key to a strong relationship.
We asked buy-side desks about the best ways their...
Securities financing: SFTR threatens smaller players
By Lynn Strongin Dodds.
The delay to the regulation gives market participants more breathing room but they should not get too comfortable. Lynn Strongin Dodds looks...
Mizuho EMEA joins Neptune to distribute real-time axe data
Mizuho EMEA has joined Neptune Networks, the fixed income network for disseminating real-time axe data.
Neptune delivers axes from 32 of the leading dealers...
Repurchase disagreements
A calamitous year-end in 2016 has put the broken repo market firmly in the spotlight. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports.
December 2016 saw Europe’s repurchase agreement...
The interplay between the cash and derivative credit markets
For investors, the derivatives market is a potentially a rich source for investment returns and risk management. It can also be a valuable source...
FENICS USTreasuries launch : Howard Lutnick : BGC Partners
Howard Lutnick: Revolutionising Treasury trading
Adapting its interdealer expertise for a buy‑side market, BGC is creating a unique trading mechanism to modernise the cash Treasury...
Reform of TRACE reporting urged as portfolio trading rises
Portfolio trading, in which baskets of securities are exchanged with bank in single deals, has been growing in popularity as it gives certainty over...
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...
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