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...
Origination: State Street issues US$2.25 billion in senior debt
State Street has issued US$2.25 billion in senior debt through State Street Bank and Trust. The bank has partnered with diverse and veteran-owned firms...
Joeri Wouters: On the millennial trader
Balancing a trader’s discipline and the curiosity of the millennial generation is creating a strong approach to negotiating the evolving fixed income landscape.
What are...
US markets seeing risk implied in bid-ask spread
While US stock markets are in turmoil, US investment grade bond markets are also reflecting the greater uncertainty caused by an erratic approach to...
US banks boosted trading assets ahead of new lenient stress test results
Easier 2025 stress test assumptions and friendlier accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) treatment have freed capital for American investment banks’ fixed income desks; US...
LSEG names Charlie Walker London Stock Exchange deputy CEO
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has named Charlie Walker as deputy CEO of the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
Walker, who will also join the...
EU Commission joins Eurex as venue for repos
The EU Commission (EC) has joined Eurex as a venue for transactions in repurchase agreements.
The EC is the latest member to join the Eurex...
BGC reportedly shuts Lucera LUMEAlfa; preps FMX for soft launch
According to sources, BGC Partners has shuttered its pre-trade data business, Lucera LUMEAlfa, closing the final chapter on pre-trade data pioneer Algomi, and aligning...
Eaton named CEO at digital bond platform Nivaura
Capital markets fintech Nivaura has appointed Scott Eaton as its new chief executive officer. Eaton brings three decades of experience in leadership roles in...
On The DESK: Leaders in bond trading pinpoint risks and opportunities
We asked the buy-side traders we have profiled on The DESK for the past ten years to discuss the biggest changes they thought had...
Derivatives Forum Frankfurt: Efficiency drives towards multi-asset trading
One of the primary reasons for the adoption of multi-asset trading is to improve efficiency, agreed ‘Trends in Multi-asset Trading’ panellists at this year’s...
FILS USA 2023: Macro effect on trading; BlackRock says higher rates ‘not fleeting’
The macro environment is having a major effect on the attractiveness of certain instruments, noted Sonali Pier, managing director and portfolio manager at PIMCO,...
