Liquidnet’s trading desk reports peaks and troughs of block bond trading
Fraud fears, rumbles in the Chinese property market and oil and elections in Argentina are top of mind for block bond traders, reports market...
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...
Schleifer: “Explosive growth” for desktop interoperability as Finsemble goes solo
Cosaic is spinning off its desktop interoperability platform, Finsemble, following the sale of its Chart IQ to S&P Global, as a new company. The...
TP ICAP in talks to buy Liquidnet
Interdealer broker TP ICAP is in advanced discussions to take over block-trading equity and bond trading market operator Liquidnet for US$700 million.
Liquidnet has a...
TD Securities names new co-heads of global markets
Chris Vogel and Tim Wiggan have been promoted to co-heads of global markets at Toronto Dominion Securities (TD Securities).
In a statement the firm said,...
Broadway Technology named infrastructure service provider for Cboe’s US Treasuries platform
Market operator Cboe Global Markets has selected Broadway Technology as an infrastructure service provider (ISP) for its new US Treasuries trading platform.
Broadway provides...
FlexTrade Systems integrates with BMLL
Execution and order management system provider FlexTrade has integrated the BMLL Data Feed into the FlexTRADER EMS.
Data and analytics provider BMLL Technologies’ Level 3...
Dincher joins Barclays IB
Jeffrey Dincher has joined Barclays Investment Bank as director of capital markets, conducting research to support the high-yield trading and sales teams.
He is based...
Keeping the doors open
Erika Bianco, Senior Marketing & Communications Manager, EMEA & APAC at MarketAxess and Camille McKelvey, Head of Post Trade STP Business Development at MarketAxess talk...
American primary debt markets keep humming
Dealogic data show US debt capital market (DCM) issuance is little changed year on year (YoY) in aggregate: 2025 year-to-date (YtD) totals US$1.97 trillion...
FICC revenues climb as US banks capitalise on volatility
Wall Street banks posted US$18.8 billion in fixed-income trading revenues in Q2, driven by their activity in macro products, particularly rates and currencies. JP...
Does the value-add of data justify the cost to bond traders?
A new report from analyst firm Aite-Novartica has found nearly a third of bond market participants and traders believe it is hard to justify...
