Beijing Stock Exchange launches corporate bond trading
The Beijing Stock Exchange opened its corporate bond market on 15 January 2024 following testing of cash bond trading and clearing on 13 January....
Don’t Panic: How French credit has proven market Zen
The resignation of the French Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, on 6 October came after less than a month in office. Being the third prime...
ICE Bonds receives approval for expansion in Canada
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the market operator and data/technology provider has received approval to operate its ICE TMC fixed income trading platform in all Canadian...
Adroit Trading Technologies names Michael Kraines chief growth officer
Adroit Trading Technologies, a buy-side execution management system (EMS) provider in fixed-income cash and derivatives, has named Michael Kraines the firm’s first-ever chief growth...
The Agency Broker Hub: Innovation and preparation
The DESK asked Gherardo Lenti Capoduri, head of Market Hub, the multi-asset agency brokerage execution platform of Intesa Sanpaolo, about the state of the...
Oppenheimer veteran joins Dinosaur Financial
Dinosaur Financial Group has appointed Robert Rahman as global head of credit within its newly-launched global corporate credit securities (GCCS) division.
GCCS aims to be...
Veiner switches to head of markets at BlackRock
Dan Veiner has been promoted to head of markets at BlackRock Global Markets and Index investments (BGM).
The business combines BlackRock’s market-facing functions with the...
Will primary market tools fragment new issuance instead of standardising it?
Research by The DESK has found that buy-side traders have adopted a range of primary market tools to help them increase their efficiency at...
The credit futures market
By Andreas McGrath, Fixed Income ETF Trader, Susquehanna International Group
How did Susquehanna become involved in this market?
When Eurex first approached Susquehanna in 2021...
First U.S. corporate bond index futures
Cboe, IHS Markit and BlackRock Join Forces to Launch First U.S. Corporate Bond Index Futures
Source: Cboe Global Markets, Inc. May 16, 2018, 08:30 ET
CHICAGO, May 16, 2018...
The Agency Broker Hub: A look at outsourced trading trends
By Loris Buscaino and Matteo Pezzutti – Market Hub, IMI Corporate & Investment Banking Division, Intesa Sanpaolo
Outsourced trading is not a new concept, but...
ESMA corrects SI bond ranking to place BNP Paribas as second in Europe
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has republished its ESMA Annual Statistical Report, now stating that the largest systematic internalisers (SIs) for bond...
















