Why buy-side firms are building their own primary market tools
Interoperability is not a competitive issue; clients will build it if platforms do not supply it.
There is not a consensus on who should make the bond...
Risk appetite increasing as investor confidence rises 5.1 Points in August
State Street Global Markets has released the results of the State Street Investor Confidence Index (ICI) for August 2022.
The Global Investor Confidence Index increased...
ICE: Municipal bonds – reliable pricing for a fragmented market
ICE’s rules-based, transaction-driven approach provides a transparent representation of municipal market movement.
By Patrick Smith, Senior Director, Head of Municipal Evaluations, ICE
The complex and fragmented...
Virtu launches liquidity scoring tool for fixed income
Electronic liquidity and technology provider, Virtu Financial, has expanded its multi-asset transaction cost model offering with the launch of Fixed Income Agency Cost Estimator...
US agencies report on US Treasury market changes; market making still out of scope
A new report entitled, ‘Enhancing the resilience of the US Treasury Market’, has outlined the steps taken by US authorities to support what it...
OpenDoor nets US$10 million in continuing push for growth
By Flora McFarlane.
New Jersey-based startup trading platform OpenDoor Securities has completed a third US$10 million investment round, which will facilitate new front office hires...
Jordan Richards joins GFI
GFI Group has hired Jordan Richards as a Dubai-based Euro-swaps broker, one year after his exit from Nomura.
GFI Group has hired Jordan Richards as...
Insight & Analysis: Eighty percent of liquidity disappeared from long bond future post 2...
Ten ticks’ depth of order book collapsed as liquidity providers fled unprecedented volatility, analysis from The DESK shows.
After an initial flight to safety on...
BondWave releases new version of Effi
Technology provider, BondWave, has released the newest version of its fixed income portfolio and transaction analytics platform, Effi 3.17
The new release expands BondWave’s suite...
Influx of buy-side support for Adamantia consolidated tape group
The Adamantia Consolidated Tape group has welcomed Allianz Global Investors, Amundi Asset Management, AXA Investment Managers, BayernInvest, Deka Investment, DWS, Invesco, MEAG, Union Investment,...
CTP tender process delayed again
The FCA has again delayed its publication of consolidated tape provider (CTP) tender documents.
At the end of 2024, the authority stated that the documents...
ICE: Optimizing the data pipeline for buy-side trading desks
Buy-side bond traders can enhance execution through a flexible data offering.
The DESK spoke with Mark Heckert, ICE’s Chief Operating Officer of Fixed Income...
