ECB taps Tradeweb, Bloomberg for electronic trading platforms
Tradeweb and Bloomberg have been tapped by the European Central Bank (ECB) to provide electronic trading platforms for the central bank and other Eurosystem...
Viewpoint : Automated trading : Gherardo Lenti Capoduri
How automated can low touch get?
Gherardo Lenti Capoduri, Head of Market Hub, Banca IMI speaks to The DESK.
How are trading algos being applied in fixed...
Exclusive: ICE relaunches enhanced sweeps session-based protocol, ICE RMA
Intercontinental Exchange, (ICE), has relaunched ICE Risk Matching Auction (RMA), an enhanced sweeps session-based protocol for dealer-to-dealer fixed income trading, which ICE president Peter...
Marmoiton promoted at Alken
Alken Asset Management has promoted Antoine Marmoiton to head of its risk and trading team.
Based in London, Alken holds €1.5 billion in assets under...
US agencies report on US Treasury market changes; market making still out of scope
A new report entitled, ‘Enhancing the resilience of the US Treasury Market’, has outlined the steps taken by US authorities to support what it...
Jesse Eberle joins Fidelity
Fidelity Investments has tapped Jesse Eberle as director, for the electronic trading product.
He is charged with steering the development of the firm’s Beacon fixed-income...
Industry bodies rail against new US capital rules
Trade bodies have set their stalls against the introduction of planned capital rules in the US, which would create additional costs for banks seeking...
Europe IG credit trade size collapsed and has not recovered
Corporate bond traders has seen the average trade size reducing in Europe across both investment grade and high yield, suggesting that block trading is...
AFME report on rates trading suggests enhanced transparency could boost liquidity
A report by the Association of Financial Markets in Europe, and investment data management provider, Finbourne, has found enhanced transparency could potentially boost liquidity...
Mutually assured success: How interpersonal relationships create trust in electronic markets
Bond trading is a relationship business, with pricing and liquidity influenced by the strength of relationships between buy-side and sell-side. As the market moves...
The buy side’s smart data-driven future
With the rise of low-cost ETFs, so-called ‘smart-beta’ strategies and the struggling performance of many actively managed funds, buy-side firms are coming under increasing...
Chinese govies step closer to collateral acceptability
Acceptance of Chinese government bonds as collateral will hinge upon rule changes around defaults. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports.
The use of Chinese government bonds as...
