European bid-ask credit spreads not assuaged by tariff roll back
Liquidity costs in European corporate bond trading remain elevated, after the tariff shock in early April saw bid-ask spreads widen significantly across markets, according...
Citi’s Peneety swaps to Citadel Securities
Citi veteran Vincent Peneety has jumped ship to Citadel Securities.
Based in New York, Peneety has joined the investment grade credit sales team at the...
MarketAxess rides all-to-all and volume growth to record revenues in Q1
Bond market operator MarketAxess has reported Q1 2021 revenues of US$195.5 million, up 16% on the previous year and a company record. While Q1...
US credit trading reached record highs pre-tariffs
The corporate bond market was already at record levels before the US tariffs came into force, FINRA data shows.
US credit trading volumes reached record...
FILS 2024: Implications of syndicated loan expansion
The importance of including syndicated loans in portfolios was highlighted at this year’s Fixed Income Leaders Summit (FILS) Europe.
The syndicated loan market is growing...
TransFICC: The Network is the Market – Improving access and automation in fixed income
By Steve Toland, co-founder TransFICC.
Remember Sun Microsystems’ tag line from 1984? “The Network is the Computer” – meaning computers should be networked, or they...
BlueCrest poaches Sam Tabari from Goldman
BlueCrest Capital Management has hired former Goldman Sachs rates trader Sam Tabari as a senior portfolio manager on its London-based global-macro desk.
He will run...
Tradeweb sees volume drop in June
Bond market operator, Tradeweb, has reported its average daily volume (ADV) in June was US$780.9 billion (bn), a decrease of 8.9% year-on-year (YoY), largely...
ICE: Creating clarity in the MBS market through better data
The highly fragmented nature of mortgage asset components has historically translated into a lack of granular data for investors. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) aims to...
MeTheMoneyShow – Episode Six
Dan Barnes, editorial director of Markets Media Europe and editor of The DESK, speaks to Lynn Strongin Dodds, editor of Best Execution about three...
EC launches wide ranging review of MiFID II/MiFIR and investment firms
The European Commission (EC) has launched a ‘Review of the regulatory framework for investment firms and market operators’ to capture any perceived changes needed...
Connecting the Dots of Innovation – A Breakthrough in All-To-All Trading
By Iseult E.A. Conlin, CFA
Managing Director, U.S. Cash Credit, Tradeweb.
In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the majority of the US fixed income...
