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...
Does trading performance need to be quantified to justify outsourcing?
An asset manager may need to assess the value that an outsourced trading provider offers using a range of measures in fixed income markets.
Fixed...
FILS 2021: Portfolio trading up threefold
Portfolio trading in fixed income has grown threefold in two years, data from Flow Traders reveal.
Speaking at the 2021 Fixed Income Leaders Summit (FILS)...
State Street introduces buy-side to buy-side repo programme
State Street has launched a new peer-to-peer repo programme for the buy side. Building out from its sponsored repo and securities lending model, including...
Three quarters say buy-side main source of liquidity in fixed income
By Flora McFarlane.
Ahead of the November Fixed Income Leaders Summit, WBR research has found 75% of buy-side firms consider the main source of liquidity...
Exclusive: Quinn and Sobel discuss Trumid’s new portfolio trading protocol
Trumid, the fixed income electronic trading platform, has launched a portfolio trading protocol. Designed to simplify and extend electronic portfolio trading for institutional clients...
Tangible returns from bond trade automation
Adoption of automated trading continues apace across several bond markets and within different grades of instrument. Gareth Coltman, global head of automation at MarketAxess,...
Bloomberg wins over AB and Capital Group with BVAL
AllianceBernstein (AB) and Capital Group have both selected Bloomberg's evaluated pricing service (BVAL) to benchmark and corroborate end-of-day values for US fixed income portfolio...
Getting the measure of sell-side portfolio trading
In its recent report on investment banking activity in 2020, analyst firm Coalition observed that there had been substantial growth in sell-side portfolio trading,...
Cowen boosts fixed income outsourced trading team with two hires
Cowen has expanded its fixed income outsourced trading team with two senior hires, Vincent Governara and Chris Taliercio. Both traders bring over 15 years’...
