Insights & Analysis: Investors need to take note of pro-growth stance in US &...
By Evan Brown, head of Multi-Asset Strategy, UBS Asset Management.
When the top policymakers in the world’s two largest economies are determined to support economic...
The Book: Who will drive reform in primary markets?
Primary market practices are under pressure to change, however the urgency and direction given for adaptation are often skewed by specific market participant groups.
The...
Visualising aggressive pricing pressure on trading costs
Analysing year-to-date volume and trade number data from MarketAxess’s TraX database for US credit, and correlating it with the weekly average MarketAxess CP+ bid-ask...
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...
Eurex meets credit index futures demand with new products
Eurex has launched Bloomberg US Corporate Index Futures and Bloomberg US High Yield Very Liquid Index Futures, building out its global credit index futures...
“Carelessness, inattention, inadequate safeguards”: FCA hits back at Ediphy
The FCA has disputed Ediphy’s allegations that its consolidated tape provider e-auction process experienced a technical fault, and did not register its weighted average...
ESMA relaxes best ex reporting
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has pushed back reporting of best execution by execution venues and trading firms, which are regulatory requirements...
LCH Group to assume full ownership of LCH SA from Euronext
Euronext is to sell its 11.1% stake in LCH SA, the French subsidiary of LCH Group, for €111 million, to majority stake holder LCH...
Glimpse Markets appoints Thorpe as senior sales advisor
Industry veteran Mike Thorpe has been appointed senior sales advisor by Glimpse Markets. Thorpe, who started his career in capital markets with Citi in...
Trumid’s US electronic credit volume in sight of MarketAxess’ and Tradeweb’s
US electronic credit activity accelerated in September as primary-market heavy issuance spilled into secondary trading. On FINRA’s TRACE tape, combined US investment-grade and high-yield...
Greenwich: D2C Treasuries e-trading increases in July
An analysis of trading in the US Treasury space by Greenwich Associates has seen the proportion of electronic dealer-to-client activity (D2C) increasing in July,...
Man Group reports profits down, AUM up
Alternative investment management firm, Man Group, has reported a 65% drop in profit before tax (PBT) in H1 2023 against the first half of...
