Bid-ask spread betting in credit
Betting how bid-ask spreads will move this year has been made more challenging by a dislocation between the mean average and the median bid-ask...
H1 growth at LSEG buoyed by Tradeweb success
LSEG once again led their capital markets results with Tradeweb’s successes in H1 2024. Total revenue of £880 million, up 13.4% year-on-year (YoY), was...
ICMA: Fully-automatic credit trading has grown; block liquidity has reduced
The International Capital Markets Association has found 44% of buy-side trading desks have increased their use of rules-based, fully automated electronic execution compared with...
Markets Media acquires Trader TV to form multimedia capital markets giant
Global capital markets publisher, Markets Media Group, has acquired Trader TV, the leading online trading TV provider, to form a multi-media giant, spanning the...
Sherpa Edge announces client go-live after summer; Lynge Jensen departure
Danish-based outsourced trading provider, Sherpa Edge, has confirmed it is in final negotiations with its first customer, a Danish asset manager, with which it...
Intercontinental Exchange consolidates bond business under new broker-dealer
Intercontinental Exchange is consolidating its ICE BondPoint, TMC Bonds and ICE Credit Trade businesses under a single management team and banner, ICE Bonds, which...
Alignment Systems expands team to support demand for front office analytics
Front office technology specialist Alignment Systems has expanded its team to better support buy-side client who are striving to use data more effectively in...
Emerging Markets Focus Part 1: What the flows mean for traders
Fixed income sector investments have proven worst for emerging markets funds year to date, according to data from JP Morgan and Bloomberg indices, driving...
Trumid picks EM head and launches EM Attributed Trading
Bond market operator, Trumid, has hired Ben Sobel as head of emerging markets (EM). He has over 15 years of experience in EM, in...
Ediphy’s consolidated tape initiative sees positive response from the market
Chris Murphy, CEO and co-founder of Ediphy, says his fintech business will seek to provide a consolidated tape for European bond markets, using a...
Allianz, BlackRock, T&D Holdings invest in Viridium
Allianz, BlackRock and T&D Holdings have invested in German life insurance consolidation firm Viridium.
The three firms join Generali Financial Holdings and Hannover Re in...
In uncertain times, corporate bond traders seek certainty of execution
Portfolio trading has emerged as a go-to mechanism to buy or sell many bonds at once.
Traders want the best price - but they also...
