How traders weathered the Treasury sell-off
The US Treasury’s auction of seven-year notes last Thursday saw the lowest investor appetite ever, according to some sources, leaving primary dealers holding the...
Editorial: Asset managers wilt as banks impose hose-pipe ban
In the UK, during dry conditions, the government bans the public from using hosepipes in order to conserve water. In 2022, the sell side...
MarketAxess rides all-to-all and volume growth to record revenues in Q1
Bond market operator MarketAxess has reported Q1 2021 revenues of US$195.5 million, up 16% on the previous year and a company record. While Q1...
European bond traders struggle with block trades and counterparties
Analysis of the European and US corporate bond markets by Coalition Greenwich has found that block trades and counterparties are a far greater concern...
EM in ‘limbo’ provides trading and pricing challenges
Emerging market bond funds have seen outflows continue to slow significantly, with Morgan Stanley’s analysts estimating it at US$1.8 billion, equating to about 0.42%...
MarketAxess Q1 revenue up 36%; reports on US spreads
Bond market operator MarketAxess has seen revenues for the first quarter of 2020 increase 36% to US$169 million, up on the US$124.5 million it...
ECB warns ‘dark trading’ may cement bond market fragmentation
A paper by the European Central Bank (ECB), entitled ‘Dark pools in European equity markets: emergence, competition and implications’ has advised firms to be...
SGX, Trumid and Hillhouse Capital to launch new Asian bond trading platform
Trumid, Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Hillhouse Capital have formed a joint venture, XinTru, to better support liquidity and execution in the Asian bond market...
OpenDoor launches all-to-all dark pool for on-the-run US Treasuries
OpenDoor Securities has launched an all-to-all marketplace for on-the-run (OTR) US Treasuries. The anonymous order book will US Treasury venue to offer non-discriminatory pricing in benchmarks...
Bryan Harkins joins Trumid
Electronic credit trading platform Trumid has appointed Bryan Harkins in the newly created role of chief revenue officer.
Harkins is an experienced executive with expertise...
