Risk appetite increasing as investor confidence rises 5.1 Points in August
State Street Global Markets has released the results of the State Street Investor Confidence Index (ICI) for August 2022.
The Global Investor Confidence Index increased...
FILS 2021: Overbond adds pre-trade streaming API for TCA into EMS automation suite
Overbond, a provider of AI analytics and trade automation for the global fixed income markets, has added pre-trade and post-trade transaction cost analysis (TCA)...
The summer lull barely touches emerging markets
Trading volumes in fixed income markets typically start the year high and gradually fall, matching issuance and refinancing patterns along with investment allocation decisions....
New issuance process unchanged for 59% of traders despite electronification
New research from analyst firm, Coalition Greenwich, has found that 59% of traders are still waiting to see an improvement in the new issue...
Bond market growth slumped in 2018
By Pia Hecher.
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Data Indices, the information provider, has reported that the total outstanding debt across global bond markets only grew by...
Can market-makers’ rebates explain CME’s credit futures high turnover ratio?
Credit futures trading on CME is characterised by high volumes on a low number of instruments, traded almost exclusively on the central limit order...
Getting better liquidity through efficient trading
Several new and evolving trends are providing access to pricing and liquidity for buy-side firms, as Olivier Cajfinger, managing director and head of global...
On The DESK: Putting trading at the head of the table
Frans de Wit’s elevated role as head of trading at PGGM Investment Management will help improve execution quality and trading efficiency for end investors.
What has...
Tackling the cost challenge in fixed income trading
In today’s highly competitive and cost-conscious fixed income market, small and medium sized institutions can struggle without the efficiencies of scale which large institutions...
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...
Kepler Cheuvreux continues FI build-out with Nordic hire
Eva Gripsten has joined Kepler Cheuvreux’s senior credit sales team, covering Nordic accounts.
Based in Stockholm, she reports to Stephan Kovarski, head of debt and...
Federal Reserve: Dealer sensitivity major barrier to all-to-all trading in US Treasuries
A new staff paper published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has found there are possible advantages in delivering all-to-all trading to...
