MSCI and MarketAxess collaborate on liquid fixed income indexes, portfolio construction and ESG
MSCI and MarketAxess are entering into a strategic collaboration to create portfolio analytics solutions and co-branded fixed income indexes incorporating MarketAxess liquidity data.
MSCI plans...
When banks go bust holding boring bonds
**This article will appear in full in the next issue of The DESK**
Government bonds are described as a 'risk-free' instrument, on the basis that...
ICE: Muni Bonds – an interview with Ed Paulinski
In ICE’s series ‘The Munis Ecosystem’, ICE gathers experts from across the sector: issuers, portfolio managers, pricing & analytics, trading and climate experts, to...
FILS USA 2023: High net worth clients are ‘wildly bearish’ but still at risk
Despite having a risk-off mentality, global high net worth clients are still heavily into holding cash and tech stocks, and could do with diversifying...
Agency Broker Hub : A look under the broker review hood
In this Agency Broker Hub column, Michelangelo Gigante, head of Execution Desk at Eurizon Capital SGR and Gherardo Lenti Capoduri, head of Market Hub,...
Ediphy launches automated bond liquidity discovery tool
Fixed income technology provider Ediphy has launched a tool, Liquidity Checker, which allows fixed income market participants to automate the monitoring of bond liquidity....
Europe’s incongruous drop in IG bid-ask spreads
European investment grade (IG) credit traders will have seen average bid-ask spreads declining since April, with the median average (typically about €0.03 cents lower...
The 2020 vision for primary markets
New platform launches in 2020 will see intense competition to manage the bond issuance process. Dan Barnes reports.
Traders at buy-side firms are looking for...
S&P Global launches credit risk research chatbot
S&P Global has launched a chatbot on its S&P Capital IQ Pro market intelligence platform in an effort to simplify the credit risk research...
UK’s FCA consults on liquidity stress testing for asset managers
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has launched a consultation regarding liquidity stress testing for asset managers, as part of its review into strengthening...
Private markets data deal reflects steady march to mainstream
UBS:
CIO Daily – Private markets data deal reflects steady march to mainstream
FactSet’s work with GIC launches new fixed income trading capabilities
FactSet has launched fixed income trading capabilities for its execution management system (EMS), Portware, a FactSet trading solution, which is best known for its...
