BIS targets liquidity cliff in repo
Banks have reacted to end-of-quarter capital reporting by reducing activity, leading to sudden declines in liquidity; now authorities are reacting.
Banks have been ‘window dressing’...
The greatest surprises in bond trading of the last decade
The DESK asked interviewees from its ‘On The DESK’ profile interviews of the last ten years to assess the most surprising changes they had...
Tradeweb Reports Record ADV of $2.2 trillion
Tradeweb Markets, a leading, global operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets, reported financial results for the quarter ended September...
Refinitiv Lipper Research: Investors looking to reduce interest rate risk
A new report on the first quarter of 2021 from Refinitiv Lipper Research has found that fixed income funds posted a return of negative...
Eurex’s EU bonds futures go live
Eurex’s Euro-EU bond futures (FBEUs) are now available for trading.
The instruments, which were first announced in April, provide a physically deliverable futures contract designed...
The buy side’s smart data-driven future
With the rise of low-cost ETFs, so-called ‘smart-beta’ strategies and the struggling performance of many actively managed funds, buy-side firms are coming under increasing...
Viewpoint: Chris Murphy – The simpler path to better trading
Chris Murphy, CEO of Ediphy explains how traders can engage with the latest protocols and technology through a single access point.
Firstly, what has guided...
Bloomberg and Goldman Sachs launch China USD Credit Liquid HY Index family
Bloomberg and Goldman Sachs have launched a Bloomberg China USD Credit Liquid HY Index family, which provides market participants with indices to adjust their...
Bond traders predict data science/AI use explosion in 2026
The DESK’s Corporate Bond Liquidity Access Survey, supported by LTX, finds trading desks are on the cusp of change.
Buy-side traders see 2026 as a turning...
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As QE sails into history, investors look to unfamiliar shores
By Chris Hall.
The end of quantitative easing has been long signposted by central banks, but there are still sufficient sources of uncertainty to keep...
Euroclear and BondCliQ create new fixed income settlement data tool
Euroclear is collaborating with BondCliQ, the bond market data as a service (DaaS) firm, to launch a new European fixed income settlement data solution,...
Investor Demand: Bonds lead European long-term fund inflows
European long-term fund inflows were driven by record bond fund activity in Q3 2025, according to EFAMA statistics.
Net inflows for long-term funds were €236...
