Citi names Tokiya Kishie head of markets in Japan
Citi has appointed Tokiya Kishie as head of markets in Japan, effective 1 October.
Kishie will report to Paul Smith, head of markets for Japan,...
ICMA fills in the blanks on MiFID II agreement
A new article written by the regulatory team at the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA), has shed light on details in the agreed text...
Virtu Financial: Making markets globally
The technology firm stepping into fixed income market making
Virtu Financial outlines its plan to make markets in credit and rates using its scaled global...
Primary markets: Give me some credit: Outlook for bond issuance in 2023
New issues provide liquidity and price points for bond traders; we assess the prospects for the year ahead.
As the cost of borrowing continues to...
Portfolio Trading and price discovery in US IG and HY markets
By Jessica Hung and Chisom Amalunweze
In our PT vs RFQ List White Paper, we found that PT provides superior execution outcomes for illiquid bonds,...
Bloomberg beefs up communications with cross-firm chatbots
Bloomberg has launched cross-firm chatbots on its Instant Bloomberg (IB) platform, aiming to ease workflow disruptions and prioritise value-add communications.
The new product brings Bloomberg...
Issuance tracking down in lower rated debt
Issuance of lower rated bonds and leveraged loans across Europe and the US fell in October, according to analysis by investment bank Morgan Stanley,...
‘Today’s inefficient is yesterday’s efficient’: Innovation in corporate bond issuance
While nearly half (47%) of corporate bond investors feel that technology has made the new issue process more efficient, the mechanics of distributing newly...
FlexTrade integrates IHS Markit pre-trade TCA data into EMS
FlexTrade, the multi-asset execution and order management system provider, and IHS Markit, the analytics and solutions provider to buy- and sell-side firms, are integrating...
Making the impossible, possible
Confidence in pricing data supports entirely new ways of trading through multiple trading protocols.
The DESK caught up with Matthew Walters, head of product for...
Primary markets: The choices facing buy-side traders
Ted Douglas, Co-Head of Global Fixed Income, Capital Formation at IHS Markit spoke to The DESK about the dynamics of bond issuance for the...
ESMA consultation on RTS 2 marks accelerated process
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a consultation on the development of draft regulatory technical standards to specify the pre-trade thresholds...
