Primary ignition – at both ends
Politics are being sidelined in the battle for efficiency in primary markets for buyers and for issuers
The top operational priority for buy-side traders in...
LTX and TransFICC partner for enhanced onboarding
Broadridge’s fixed income trading platform LTX has partnered with e-trading technology provider TransFICC to improve the venue onboarding process.
Through the partnership, corporate bond dealers...
Ancoa post-mortem: Spend was over four times greater than revenue
Ancoa, the troubled market surveillance firm that went into administration on 5 May 2017, had an average monthly spend of £450,000 in 2017, or...
FILS 2021: Overcoming barriers to automation
Implementation costs are among the biggest hurdles for buy-side fixed income desks hoping to increase efficiency workflows.
Addressing delegates at the Fixed Leaders Summit in...
How UBS Bond Port gives traders greater control during market stress
Traders were empowered by electronic execution in the sell-off thanks to market innovation. The DESK speaks to Graham Cox and Nicolas Masso, Global Co-Heads of UBS Bond Port.
How...
Pimco says Fed’s new repo facility should ease future stress
Asset manager Pimco said the US Federal Reserve’s creation of a permanent standing repo facility (SRF) will help develop more resilient funding markets, although...
Russell Feldman named CEO of IMTC as it raises new funding
IMTC, a provider of fixed income investment management technology, has secured its first external funding round, which was led by Nyca Partners. This investment...
Flow Traders joins Neptune as first non-bank sell-side participant in Europe
Flow Traders will become the first non-bank sell-side participant in Europe on Neptune Networks, the fixed income platform for disseminating real-time axe data.
Byron Cooper-Fogarty,...
Marc Govoni named CEO of TP ICAP’s agency execution division
TP ICAP, the electronic market infrastructure, interdealer broker and information provider, has appointed of Mark Govoni as chief executive officer of its agency execution...
Bondtape releases CT prototypes
Consolidated tape provider (CTP)-hopeful Bondtape has launched live prototypes for its EU and UK tapes.
Vincent Grandjean, founder and CEO of Propellant Digital, told The...
Insights & Analysis: Risk appetite rises as market stability risks fall, BofA says
An increasing number of investors are taking higher risks relative to their benchmarks, according to Bank of America’s February Global Fund Manager Survey.
The net...
Making a credit desk simpler
Getting a clear picture of the complex corporate bond market means that at some point, a lot of information has to be brought together...
