Bloomberg Bridge: The low-lift, high-value all-to-all trading model
Bloomberg’s new ‘Bloomberg Bridge’ offering has launched in Europe and, supported by dedicated Goldman Sachs intermediation desks, has scaled its enabled user base into...
ITG expands TCA into fixed income market
By Flora McFarlane.
Agency broker ITG has announced that it is expanding its transaction cost analysis (TCA) platform into the fixed income market. Covering around...
The reward of risk
By Larry E. Fondren, Founder & CEO, DelphX Capital Markets Inc.
Traditional risk/reward comparisons treat the effective cost of an investment’s risk as a decrement...
Coalition Greenwich: Electronic bond trading rises in US IG, declines in high yield
The use of electronic trading in corporate bonds will continue to increase, Coalition Greenwich’s March Data Spotlight has stated.
Electronic trading activity grew faster than...
Exploding post-MiFID II data myths
Gareth Coltman, Head of European Product Management at MarketAxess spoke to The DESK about the real impact MiFID II will have upon the data landscape.
How...
Manual trading remains popular in US rates market
Record issuance and higher holdings prompted significant US rates volume growth in January. While electronic trading maintained its market share, manual processes remain popular...
European HY bond issuance saw 45% increase in 2023
High yield bond issuance reached €66 billion in 2023, up from €45 billion in 2022 which had been a record low.
The findings come...
Voice volumes not budging in US Treasuries
E-trading levels are remaining steady in the US Treasury market, hovering at 58% of notional volume in February.
Ratios have returned to pre-election levels, Coalition...
Fixed income: The unexpected consequences of change
By Mark Goodman, Managing Director, Global Head of Electronic Execution – FX, Rates, Credit & Futures at UBS Investment Bank.
Our age’s fascination with technology...
Why is collateral not under pressure?
The repapering of CSAs may be taking precedent but collateral management is coming back on the agenda. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports.
Ever since the European...
China lays path to greater liquidity
Better risk and liquidity management is on the cards for the buy side as repo and derivatives are promoted by authorities and market infrastructure...
What do shorter durations imply for trading?
Data from Dealogic shows that the average maturity for newly issued bonds has been falling in 2023 relative to recent years, with the current...
