LTX: From insight to action – How agentic AI Is reshaping trade execution
Agentic AI is set to transform buy-side trading by moving beyond market analysis to actively support trade execution, says LTX's Katie Savignano, director of...
FILS USA 2022: Behind the scenes
The buzz at FILS this year reflects the three-year hiatus from in-person events – and the amount of change that has occurred since then....
Origination: Investors side-eye Salesforce US$25 billion issuance to fund equity purchase
Salesforce returned to the US investment-grade market on 11 March issuing US$25 billion senior unsecured bonds. Book to build for the various tranches came...
Investor Demand: Ermotti says tariff uncertainty took Spring out of investors’ step
Sergio Ermotti, group CEO at UBS, has said the usually positive investor sentiment in the Spring season was severely watered down by tariff uncertainty.
“The...
James Athey swaps abrdn for Marlborough
Integrated investment management and fund solutions group Marlborough has appointed James Athey as co-manager of the IFSL Marlborough Global Bond and IFSL Marlborough Bond...
UBS integrates Bond Port with iQbonds to increase counterparty diversity
UBS has integrated its Bond Port trading venue with iQbonds, the bond trading platform of software provider valantic.
iQbonds is heavily used in the German...
The cost of transparency and the value of information
Transparency can smell like information leakage by any other name, to butcher a Shakespeare quotation. Giving up information needs to happen at the latest...
US credit e-trading race tightens, November volumes fall
US credit e-trading volumes dipped for both MarketAxess and Tradeweb in November, the gap between the two platforms narrowing towards the end of the...
Beyond Liquidity: Investors Turn to Fixed Income Dark Trading During Market Stress
Dark pool trading in credit markets offers numerous benefits on a day-to-day basis, and can increase during periods of market stress. A recent example...
FCA fines three broker firms £4.7 million market abuse failures
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined interdealer brokers BGC Brokers, GFI Brokers and GFI Securities £4,775,200 for failing to ensure they had appropriate...
Investor Demand: Oracle balances debt issuance with equity reflecting investor caution
Oracle Corporation announced its full calendar year 2026 plan to fund the expansion of its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure business on Sunday 1 February, to...
Human battles machine in JGB market
Participants say electronic trading of Japanese government bonds has reached an inflection point, but others counter that the death of voice trading has been...
