Are costs in consolidated tape feasibility study too high?
Capital markets consultancy, Adamantia, has worked together with institutions including Barclays, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB, Deutsche Bank Group, Natixis CIB and Société Générale...
Worsening credit conditions battle improving trading capabilities
Both defaults and rerating of bonds are more likely in a high rate environment, and for trading desks this means finding efficient ways to...
Voice trading remains prevalent in Treasury trading
Citadel Securities is conducting a third of its Treasury risk by voice, according to a representative. Kevin McPartland, head of research, market structure and...
How to overcome the hidden challenges of new derivatives regulation : OpenGamma
By Peter Rippon, CEO, OpenGamma.
New regulation introduced to mitigate the systemic risk associated with both cleared and uncleared OTC derivatives has also brought about additional...
CSDR settlement regime ‘out’ as UK sets new path
The UK has halted compliance with the settlement regime of the European Central Securities Depository (CSDR) rules, which traders had fought hard against, due...
Securities financing: SFTR threatens smaller players
By Lynn Strongin Dodds.
The delay to the regulation gives market participants more breathing room but they should not get too comfortable. Lynn Strongin Dodds looks...
Intercontinental Exchange consolidates bond business under new broker-dealer
Intercontinental Exchange is consolidating its ICE BondPoint, TMC Bonds and ICE Credit Trade businesses under a single management team and banner, ICE Bonds, which...
ECB warns ‘dark trading’ may cement bond market fragmentation
A paper by the European Central Bank (ECB), entitled ‘Dark pools in European equity markets: emergence, competition and implications’ has advised firms to be...
Trumid: Portfolio trading comes of age
For an institutional investment manager that needs to add or reduce risk in its corporate bond portfolio, being able to trade a custom basket...
Katana launches major product upgrade
AI investment and trading tool, Katana, has launched several new features including a secure watchlist, improved position-monitoring capabilities and refinements to its machine learning...
Gensler confirmed to depart SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that its 33rd Chair, Gary Gensler, will step down from the Commission effective at 12:00 pm on...
The technology behind price making
Lynn Strongin Dodds canvasses the market to see who is willing to pick up the gauntlet in Europe.
If dealers are trading less, they are...
