D2C US rates e-trading pops in sleepy summer
A quiet summer has allowed dealer-to-client electronic trading levels in US rates to reach a yearly high, Coalition Greenwich suggests.
Electronic trading dropped by just...
MEAG taps expanded SimCorp and TS Imagine partnership
Global asset manager MEAG has selected SimCorp and TS Imagine’s fixed income OMS/EMS integration for its centralised execution desk.
TS Imagine and SimCorp have expanded...
FILS 2021: Dealers outline strategy for direct connectivity
Buy-side traders are seeing their sell-side counterparts offering direct streamed prices as an alternative source for data and direct trading, which dealers see as...
AXA IM: Credit downgrades increases concentration and liquidity risk in index investment
A decrease in the average credit quality of fixed income indices and intensifying competition for high quality assets present increasingly serious challenges for UK...
Fund location in a passive world
As hurricane Irma smashed into the British Virgin Islands (BVI) the headlines were correctly focused on the human impact. Yet in the financial markets...
BlackRock and Standard Chartered make first India trade on MarketAxess
BlackRock and Standard Chartered have executed the first trade on MarketAxess’s Indian government bond (IGB) electronic trading solution.
MarketAxess became the first firm to offer...
Shielding from exploding issuance
US fixed income markets saw issuance in Q1 2024 hit US$2.5 trillion according to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), an increase...
Opinion: Competition, not regulation, will make better bond markets
European credit trading has historically seen levels of electronic trading of around 50% of total corporate credit trading, while the US market has historically...
E-trading boosts efficiency not liquidity in Japan’s buy-and-hold bond market
Japan’s bond market has long been seen as voice-heavy, with established traditions of relationship-based trading and an aversion to electronic, less personal alternatives. However,...
Emerging Markets Focus Part 2: Illiquidity in numbers
When investment flows are heavily directional it can make trading more challenging, as most investment firms are selling into a downward market or buying...
UBS Switzerland completes Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG merger
UBS has completed the merger of UBS Switzerland AG and Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG, with the latter now deregistered from the Commercial Register of...
Pacific Western and Banc of California merge, sell US$1.9bn in bonds, munis and treasuries
Banc of California has today completed its merger with PacWest Bancorp, with both firms shedding billions of dollars’ worth of agency commercial mortgage-backed securities,...
