New SEC Fixed Income Committee to cover liquidity issues this week
By Flora McFarlane.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee, formed in November 2017, will hold its first meeting on...
Liquidnet Primary Markets launches for Europe and US
Liquidnet, the block trading specialist which is part of TP ICAP, has launched its hotly anticipated Liquidnet Primary Markets service, a new offering providing...
IARB welcomes FCA consultation on broadening access to UK bonds
The Investor Access to Regulated Bonds working group (IARB) has met with the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), as the regulator mulls broadening access...
ESMA: Confusion over TO/TOTV to be resolved “within weeks”
By Aulia Beg
In the coming weeks, the European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA) has said it will provide greater clarity around the definition of Trading...
CME’s credit futures volumes quadruple YoY
Q3 2025 average daily volume (ADV) on CME’s dollar denominated credit futures reached US$292.3m, up 390% from Q3 2024, with average open interest (OI)...
Tariff tantrum: Bond investors sit on hands while market makers are busy
Sell side trading desks have reported elevated levels of activity today following the US threat to impose tariffs of 25% on Canadian and Mexican...
ECB corporate bond programme winding down?
ECB corporate bond programme winding down?
Deutsche Bank analysts have noted indications that the European Central Bank (ECB) is winding down its Corporate Sector Purchase...
MarketAxess outperforms competition in October through slower month
US electronic credit trading slowed down in October. FINRA’s TRACE tape recorded combined US investment-grade (IG) and high-yield (HY) average daily volume (ADV) at...
The effect of war on pricing and spreads is widening
The economic effect of the Russian invasion of Ukraine needs to be put in context next to the human tragedy, but data is showing...
Clouds gather around UK transparency as consolidated tape decision delayed
The UK consolidated tape provider race may not be over yet. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has extended the standstill period in which challenges...
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...
E-trading bond platforms outperform banks’ Q3 in fixed income trading
Market operator Tradeweb has seen a strong Q3 revenue against the same quarter in 2020, while electronic bond-trading MarketAxess has seen a slight decrease...
