FILS USA: The complexities of routing an order
A great session on selecting trading protocols at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Boston, allowed traders to consider what really say behind counterparty...
Selling the dip
Credit investors may see the relative calm in the market at present as a point at which to trade into safer positions, according to...
Propellant prepares for CT with data streaming expansion
Propellant Digital has introduced FIX data streaming on its platform, developing a framework allowing clients to access aggregated post-trade transparency data in advance of...
EquiLend to launch Swaptimization platform in EU
Securities finance specialist, EquiLend, will be launching its Swaptimization platform in the autumn for financial institutions in the European Union.
The EU launch of Swaptimization,...
Low volatility hits Q2 MarketAxess earnings
Bond market operator, MarketAxess, reported revenues of US$176.3 million in the second quarter of 2021, down 4.6% against Q2 2020.
“Second quarter results were heavily...
How the effects of war are spreading in Asia
The war in Ukraine outside of Europe is, from a capital markets perspective, driving a ‘risk-off’ attitude across issuers, buy-side and sell-side firms. As...
Redburn sees value in bond market venue M&A
Analysis by broker Redburn has found that major exchanges – in which it included MarketAxess, the fixed income trading venue, and interdealer broker TP...
What’s all the fuss about… the US Treasury market?
Who is kicking up a fuss about US government bonds?
A new paper published by Darrell Duffie for the Jackson Hole Symposium entitled ‘Resilience redux...
Cboe Australia, XTB expand access to corporate bond products
Cboe Australia has added XTB’s exchange-traded corporate bond products (XTBs) to the Cboe Funds platform.
In partnership with XTB, Cboe Australia has launched a series...
Investor demand: South American debt capital markets immune from US markets correction
In a show of strength, exemplified by Itaú Unibanco's US$1 billion issuance on 27 February, South American debt capital markets have carried on functioning...
FILS US 2023: Trading protocols urgently need to evolve, says All-Star Panel
Panelists speaking on the All-star Protocol Predictions Panel in Nashville this week agreed that, love it or hate it, the request for quote (RFQ)...
ICMA proposes post-trade deferral regime for sovereign bonds
The international Capital Markets Association (ICMA) has proposed a deferral regime for post-trade sovereign bond data, to counter the ‘complicated’ approach currently allowed.
In...
