Crunch on liquidity costs
As bid-ask spreads begin to widen on both sides of the Atlantic, buy-side credit traders need to reassess how to best manage the crunch...
FINRA reporting change could support low-touch trading at size
A proposed pilot project for raising the size at which US bond trades must be reported, and delaying reporting for even larger trades, could...
APEX:E3 new AI service ALICE codes equations found in reports, TCA and research papers
Technology and analytics provider, APEX:E3, has launched a new integrated AI service, ALICE, to allow buy-and sell-side firms to rapidly analyse large documents and...
SoCal insurance firm suffers credit outlook relegation
January’s California wildfires have hit insurance companies hard, with AM Best relegating multiple-line insurance organisation Mercury General Corporation and its subsidiaries to a negative...
GreySpark: Single-tier fixed income markets on rise
Consultancy GreySpark has found a clear shift in the fixed income market towards single-tier electronic venues, as a result of regulatory changes and greater...
CFTC fines Nasdaq Futures over “false and misleading statements”
Nasdaq Futures has received a US$22 million penalty from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for failing to sufficiently establish, monitor or enforce rules...
John Rothrock named head of DirectPool
CastleOak Securities, the New York-based boutique investment bank, has hired John Rothrock III as managing director and head of DirectPool, its Fixed Income Electronic...
Illiquidity creeps up in US credit… will e-trading save the day?
Looking at data on US credit markets, taken from MarketAxess Trax, which tracks trading across multiple markets and counterparties, investment grade trading volumes have been...
Wave Labs’ eLiSA successfully executes first ever trade with Groupama Asset Management
Wave Labs, a provider of credit execution solutions, has successfully executed its first ever trade on its Electronic Liquidity Seeking Application (eLiSA) with Groupama...
KazMunayGas lists US$2.75 billion of Eurobonds on LSE
London Stock Exchange (LSE) has seen its largest issuance of corporate bonds from the CIS region since 2014. Kazakh oil and gas company, KazMunayGas,...
Measuring implicit costs and market impact in credit trading
Evaluating the quality of a bond trade is made complex by the multiple dynamics which impact quality, and the frequent absence of data to...
Broadridge’s LTX platform launches buy-side advisory group
To further help develop corporate bond trading and advance market structure, Broadridge Financial Solutions has formed a new Buy-Side Advisory Group for LTX, Broadridge's...
