SEC appoints six new Investor Advisory Committee members
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has added six new members to its Investor Advisory Committee.
The new members, who will serve four-year terms,...
IDX 2024: Tokenised collateral could accelerate clearing
Conversations around tokenisation have been ramping up over the last six to nine months, according to speakers on the ‘Promise of Tokensation’ panel at...
Portfolio trading sees first decline of 2025
Capped estimated investment grade (IG) and high yield (HY) portfolio trading volumes were the highest year-to-date in April 2025, representing approximately 10% of total...
Tradeweb completes ICD acquisition
Tradeweb has completed its acquisition of investment technology provider Institutional Cash Distributors (ICD) in a US$785 million, all-cash transaction.
The deal was first announced in...
EU lawmakers push for more stringent bond rules
The European Union is looking to tighten the region’s planned green bond standards to mitigate greenwashing from issuers of environmentally-friendly debt.
It calls on sellers...
Coalition Greenwich: E-trading kept muni markets active amid April turmoil
Municipal bond traders are leaning into smaller tickets as they embrace electronic trading, Q1 2025 metrics show.
E-trading as a percentage of the market increased...
Glimpse Markets and TORA connect to support buy-side traders
Glimpse Markets, the buy-side data sharing hub, has partnered with order and execution management system (OEMS) provider TORA.
By connecting TORA’s OEMS with Glimpse...
Traders adopt automated workflows as eTrading expands from swaps into credit
In March TransFICC launched its eTrading service for interest rate swap (IRS) trading. We speak with Steve Toland, co-founder of TransFICC, about client adoption,...
Data’s weakness in March crisis accelerates calls for European tape
Where European bond market infrastructure has lagged behind US, traders – and therefore investors – have suffered.
From a promised age of enlightenment, many traders...
Nomura poaches Moritz Westhoff
Moritz Westhoff joins Nomura as head of US rates trading, based in New York and reporting to global co-heads of rates Nat Tyce and...
E-trading stumbles in US credit
E-trading in high yield (HY) US credit reduced year-on-year (YoY) in February, despite rising average daily trade sizes.
After taking almost a third of traded...
This Week from Trader TV: Stephanie Fraser, Baillie Gifford
Market pressures accelerate fixed income automation.
New transparency rules, technological advances, and market pressures are accelerating automation in fixed income, says Stephanie Fraser of Baillie...
