Insights & Analysis: “Underestimated” US economy headed for soft landing
The US economy is on track for a soft landing, according to State Street Global Advisors – but “there are undoubtedly a variety of...
Analyzing chair Gensler’s comments on TRACE reporting
By Julien Alexandre & Grant Lowensohn
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The SEC chair recently announced the SEC was considering reducing the reporting window for US corporate bond transactions to...
The DESK BENCHmark 2017: Mid-sized buy-side have diverse trading
Mid-sized asset managers champion electronic trading - The DESK’s BENCHmark research has found mid-sized firms use electronic trading and a wider range of brokers than...
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FILS 2022: SFDR adds ESG onus to new fund launches
The EU’s new regulatory framework for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing has caused confusion among the fixed income market, but is putting more...
Coalition Greenwich predicts electronic revolution for the MBS market
A new study by Coalition Greenwich analyst Audrey Costabile posits that Mortgage Backed Securities trading will electronify over the next five years. Along with...
Union Investment imposes a purchase ban on Russian state bonds and sanctioned companies
Union Investment has decided to impose an immediate ban on the purchase of all securities of the Russian state and a number of Russian...
ICMA highlights key ‘dysfunctional’ areas of credit market
The International Capital Markets Association has reported on March’s sell-off and the impact on the corporate bond market, noting that “by March 18, considered...
Colm Murtagh: The Long Goodbye
Dollar Swaps Markets Bid Farewell to LIBOR.
In July, it was linear swaps. In November, non-linear. And next week, on December 13, the further expansion...
Insights & Analysis: Technology upends traditional credit trading liquidity patterns, Barclays says
In a recent research note Zornitsa Todorova, head of FICC research at Barclays contends that with over half of IG volumes now electronic, systematic...
BlackRock and Standard Chartered make first India trade on MarketAxess
BlackRock and Standard Chartered have executed the first trade on MarketAxess’s Indian government bond (IGB) electronic trading solution.
MarketAxess became the first firm to offer...
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...
A practical guide to buyside automation in credit markets
Gareth Coltman, Head of European Product at MarketAxess, looks at how automating buyside trade execution works in real life, and why it should be...
