Systematic, hydromatic; can credit get as fast as greased lightning?
Some investment firms have claimed they can fully systematise credit trading by 2025, The DESK investigates.
Investment managers and banks are rapidly adopting systematic approaches...
Trading protocols: The pros and cons of getting a two-way price in fixed income
Getting a two-way price is unusual in fixed income trading, but normal in FX; that is changing and yielding some real results for best...
A flying start to 2024 in European bonds may punish traders
The new year has seen a flying start in bond issuance in Europe, with a strong start relative to recent years driving €8.6 billion...
UK proposes streamlined listing regime, confirms consolidated tape for bonds
UK market regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has set out proposals aimed at making the UK’s listing regime more “accessible, effective, and competitive.”
In...
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...
Liquidnet integrates bondIT’s AI-driven credit research
Block trading specialist and trade information provider, Liquidnet, and bondIT, supplier of AI driven investment technology, are partnering to integrate bondIT’s Scorable Credit Analytics...
November’s bumper month for fixed income e-trading
Electronic trading platforms have reported a bumper November for fixed income trading, with CME reporting interest rate average daily volume (ADV) up by 42%;...
Coalition Greenwich: Opportunity to electronify block bond trades is huge
Analyst firm, Coalition Greenwich, has found that block trades in the US bond market, defined as trades in investment grade (IG) with a notional...
UK to allow shorting of government debt and sovereign CDS
The UK Government has said it will remove requirements currently placed on investors when taking out short positions in sovereign debt or sovereign credit...
Exclusive: Cboe goes live with US Treasury trading
Cboe has gone live with cash Treasury trading, the first trade having been conducted in mid-October. It is operating a ‘Full Amount’ execution protocol...
