This Week: James Athey, Marlborough
Marlborough: Bond markets zero in on Fed signals and tariff risks.
Bond markets will be closely watching employment data this week says James Athey, senior...
Return of volatility – will liquidity shifts bend or break US Treasuries?
Disclosed trading and internalisation are increasing as liquidity is wrung out of dealers and electronic market-makers. Chris Hall reports.
As January’s storms ripped holes in...
Tradeweb and MarketAxess see credit volumes increase over 25% in December
Market operators MarketAxess and Tradeweb have released their December trading levels, with both seeing a monthly increase of 25% in credit trading average daily...
MTS: Building a better interest rate swaps market
Tom Harry, Head of Cash, Derivatives & Regulation Product Management at MTS
MTS has a strong track record of building robust interdealer and dealer-to-client franchises,...
Cash is king: investors seek refuge in USD
Institutional investors are clamouring for cash as they exercise caution around equities and fixed income over wider macroeconomic uncertainties, according to State Street Holdings...
Tradeweb sees credit default swap volume double in March
Tradeweb has reported total trading volume for March 2022 of US$28.2 trillion, with US$811 billion in credit default swaps, up from US$330 billion in...
US credit trade sizes shrink in August
Average daily trade sizes across all US credit fell 12% month-on-month (MoM) to US$363 thousand after strong July performances, but still grew by 3%...
Onbrane launches primary debt market blockchain simulator
Onbrane, a provider of short-term debt market digitalisation technologies, has developed a primary debt market blockchain simulator, shadowing real transactions in a virtual blockchain...
MarketAxess reports record revenue in 2021
Bond market operator MarketAxess saw total revenues for 2021 increase 1.4% to a record US$699 million, compared to US$689.1 million for 2020. Operating income...
FCA proposes consolidated bond tape and tightens trading venue perimeter rules
A series of measures to help strengthen the UK’s leading position as a global and vibrant financial centre have been announced by The Financial...
The big issue
Corporate bond issuance has boomed at the start of 2024, at a point when rates are peaking. They may not be that high in...
Disruption without interruption
David Parker, Head of MTS Markets International (MMI) discusses tapping into the benefits of fixed income trading technology.
Technological advancements are quietly – and sometimes...
