Surprise at inaccurate US election poll predictions has increased volatility
With a victory for either side being far from clear in the US election, investment commentators have warned of sustained volatility across asset classes....
Why are European IG Bid-Ask spreads widening?
Liquidity in the European corporate bond market is becoming more expensive in both high yield (HY) and investment grade (IG) trading. According to MarketAxess...
Viewpoint: A deep, broad stream of data
Deutsche Börse is quenching the thirst of innovators with a flow of data from source, reaching across assets and markets.
Anya van den Berg, vice...
Why is collateral not under pressure?
The repapering of CSAs may be taking precedent but collateral management is coming back on the agenda. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports.
Ever since the European...
Absorbing Gilt
The year after next, the UK is set to issue £305 billion gilts to support the government’s spending programme. The high level of issuance...
Gravis picks up Bloomberg AIM for front-office management
UK-based asset manager Gravis Capital Management has partnered with Bloomberg to support its future growth plans.
Bloomberg AIM, an order and investment management technology solution,...
ICMA 2026: How digitalisation can reduce market stress
At the ICMA conference on 28 May 2026, Samara Cohen, global head of market development at BlackRock, laid out an agenda to accelerate market...
MarketAxess volumes up 16.4%; EM and all-to-all lead growth
By Pia Hecher.
Venue operator and data provider MarketAxess has announced its second quarter results with significant upward trends in overall trading volume, including Open...
Does trading performance need to be quantified to justify outsourcing?
An asset manager may need to assess the value that an outsourced trading provider offers using a range of measures in fixed income markets.
Fixed...
Franklin Templeton closes Apera Asset Management acquisition
Franklin Templeton has completed its latest expansion bid, closing the acquisition of Apera Asset Management.
Pan-European private credit company Apera holds more than €5 billion...
Appsbroker launches Google Cloud market data platform
By Shobha Prabhu-Naik.
Appsbroker has launched Appsbroker Cloud Data, a cloud data platform that delivers market and reference data.
The platform aims to offer lower costs...
Fixed income is Nasdaq’s greatest challenge
By Flora McFarlane.
Market operator Nasdaq has reported second quarter revenues from fixed income, commodities and currency (FICC) remained at US$19 million from Q1 2017,...
