MeTheMoneyShow – Episode 14
Dan Barnes speaks with Lynn Strongin Dodds on the push and pull of the Libor transition, the increased traction in ESG investing, and the...
KfW issues first benchmark bond via Deutsche Börse’s digital D7 platform
German bank KfW has issued its first high-volume benchmark bond as a central register security according to the German electronic securities act (eWpG) with...
Case Study
Axess IQTM: The eyes and ears of the market
Over the past twelve months, MarketAxess in partnership with Insigneo rolled out a pilot program to put...
The UK’s inflation-linked notes getting snapped up
Data from Parameta, the TP ICAP company data and analytics provider, shows the five-year breakeven inflation rate for the UK, which represents a measure...
EC’s new Capital Markets Union Action Plan drives equity consolidated tape forward
The European Commission has published a new Action Plan to boost the European Union's Capital Markets Union (CMU) over the coming years. The EU's...
Bank of England to embrace repo for liquidity management
Moving away from crisis-driven monetary actions, the Bank of England plans to manage liquidity through repurchase agreement (repo) practices rather than by purchasing large...
Country focus: India’s bond markets in an election year
India has an upcoming election on 19 April, which the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is widely...
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...
Restricting access to derivatives
In 2022 regulation and market activity may see greater adoption of derivatives, but traders need to be cognisant of their limitations. Dan Barnes reports.
Derivatives,...
April Day leads AFME capital markets
AFME has named April Day as head of capital markets.
Based in London, she replaces Rick Watson, who announced his retirement in July 2024.
Day has...
Pre-trade data: The next generation
The first generation of pre-trade analytics are consolidating; the second generation of price and liquidity providers such as Bondcliq and Katana will need to...
MarketAxess: Changing liquidity conditions will impact the need for data
Data demands change as liquidity ebbs and flows, creating risks for buy-side traders as they seek to use more data to support their activity...
