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,...
EMCA 2023 WINNER: Best Sell-side Fixed Income Trading Desk – Jefferies
Jefferies stands out for commitment to clients and hands-on approach
Buy-side traders have chosen Jefferies as the “Best Sell-side Fixed Income Trading Desk” in this...
How to gear up for derivatives trading in 2022
Investment managers looking for better access to credit derivatives see next year as an opportunity to test new products. The DESK speaks to David...
Coalition Greenwich: 0% impact of ESG on bond trade execution – but is there...
According to new research from Coalition Greenwich, 0% of US-based buy-side bond traders report that environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacted their choice of...
BloombergGPT launches
Bloomberg has released a research paper detailing the development of BloombergGPT, a new large-scale generative artificial intelligence (AI) model.
This large language model (LLM)...
Erik Tham leaves UBS Wealth for MarketAxess
Erik Tham has joined MarketAxess as head of Private Banking, for Benelux and Switzerland, leaving his position as executive director at UBS Wealth Management,...
Coalition Greenwich’s deep dive into fixed income TCA
A report by analyst firm Coalition Greenwich has set out the tough but potentially rewarding path for increased adoption of transaction cost analysis in...
Yieldbroker partners with IHS Markit to support Australian bond issuance
Data, analytics and trading solutions provider IHS Markit is collaborating with Yieldbroker, the electronic trading platform for Australian and New Zealand debt securities and...
Asteria IM partners with Amundi for portfolio management system and dealing services
Asteria Investment Managers has adopted asset manager Amundi’s portfolio management system, the Amundi Leading Technologies & Operations (ALTO), for all of its assets under...
EC fines Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Crédit Agricole, and Credit Suisse for bond...
The European Commission (EC) has fined Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Crédit Agricole, and Credit Suisse €28.5 million for breaching EU antitrust rules, as...
The DESK on Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed
The Desk's managing editor, Dan Barnes, was a guest on BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed, discussing the role of retail traders in the market,...
MarketAxess launches centralised marketplace with integrated rates trading
Electronic bond market operator, MarketAxess, has launched a centralised fixed income trading marketplace integrating rates trading capabilities within the MarketAxess trading system.
MarketAxess acquired government...
