FILS 2024: UK rejects industry pressure to move up T+1 implementation date
There are still issues to be ironed out before the UK and Europe can follow the US to T+1, according to speakers at this...
Viewpoint : The importance of the market maker : Igor Burlakov
Better execution through sell-side innovation
Igor Burlakov, head of Capital Markets at Sova Capital sees the impact of lower rates and reduced volatility impacting trading...
Exclusive: US analysis of Trading Intentions Survey 2025
This year we're diving deeper into the Trading Intentions Survey. to give a more nuanced view of buy-side engagement with trading services, platforms and...
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European buy-side to gather for European Fixed Income Trading Summit
Europe’s buy-side fixed income traders and portfolio managers will gather at the Four Seasons Milan on 2-3 March for Institutional Investor’s second annual European...
European Women in Finance : Diana Biggs : Driving digital change
Diana Biggs, Chief Executive Officer of Valour, got her first computer when she was just four years old. So it is unsurprising that her career...
FILS USA: The most valuable fixed income asset is ‘People’
Much of the talk at last week's Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Boston centred around the mechanics of buying and selling bonds: data and...
Portfolio trading just keeps growing
Portfolio trading has grown so much, so quickly that it’s even surprised us. When we first launched the functionality, which allows traders to package...
DirectBooks launches platform for issuance of US corporate bonds; European expansion on cards
DirectBooks, the sell-side consortium founded to increase efficiency in the bond issuance process, has launched its core service to try and simplify communication of...
Credit trades’ double-figure yearly growth proves liquidity dividend
The gradual growth in trade sizes for European corporate bond trades is made clear in the latest MarketAxess TraX data comparison for data from...
Are US dealers still offsetting credit trading risks?
As US banks see credit positions turn negative, and interdealer market volumes remain flat, The DESK asks how they offset risk as their credit...
Research profile: DirectBooks’ magic sauce
The DESK spoke with Rich Kerschner, CEO of DirectBooks, to understand what the magic ingredient is behind their success.
What has given DirectBooks the lead...
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MarketAxess launches FI opening and closing auctions
MarketAxess is launching opening and closing auctions for US credit “in the coming weeks”.
Opening and closing auctions have long been available in equity and...
