D2C US rates e-trading pops in sleepy summer
A quiet summer has allowed dealer-to-client electronic trading levels in US rates to reach a yearly high, Coalition Greenwich suggests.
Electronic trading dropped by just...
SEC fines BMO Capital Markets US$40m over misleading bond marketing
BMO capital markets corp. has agreed to pay more than US$40 million to settle securities and exchange commission charges over misleading marketing practices in...
ICMA highlights key ‘dysfunctional’ areas of credit market
The International Capital Markets Association has reported on March’s sell-off and the impact on the corporate bond market, noting that “by March 18, considered...
Wave Labs launches Systematic Investment Application for building systematic credit strategies
Execution management system (EMS) provider, Wave Labs, is launching its Systematic Investment Application (SIA), a new modular system for developing systematic strategies in the...
The Federal Reserve faces legal challenge over stress tests and their implication on capital...
As an early Christmas present, major banking and business associations filed a lawsuit on the 24th of December against the Federal Reserve System's Board...
Rules & Ratings: EM credit risk on the rise, says Fitch
Fitch Ratings has revised its sector outlooks for APAC, Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa sovereign to ‘deteriorating’ from ‘neutral’ as credit risk rises.
Credit risk...
US Treasuries: You can’t handle the truth
Editorial by Dan Barnes.
Nobody wants responsibility for the US Treasuries market. We checked.
In 2014 The DESK approached every US financial regulator and authority to...
Argentina’s battle for control
Argentina’s bond markets have been notoriously challenging for investors. Twenty years after the country underwent a major debt restructuring, and just five years after...
Iress, Ediphy rollout fixed income trading solution
Iress has partnered with Ediphy to offer Iress trading customers access to a low-cost mechanism to trade fixed income and the ability to source...
Versana to launch syndicated loan platform
Fintech firm Versana is to launch a syndicated loan platform, joining together banks, institutional lenders and their service providers in an effort to bring...
UPDATED: UBS continues to swing axe
UBS, the investment banking giant has reportedly cut further jobs from its markets division, with many people internally fearing more jobs are to go,...
Investor Appetite: Dutch pension move to DC triggers increased hedge rate ratios
Pension funds are preparing to move to a defined contribution model in the Netherlands, ahead of a mandatory switch on 1 January 2028. They...
