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...
Pimco says Fed’s new repo facility should ease future stress
Asset manager Pimco said the US Federal Reserve’s creation of a permanent standing repo facility (SRF) will help develop more resilient funding markets, although...
Bloomberg backs Moroccan FX and govie market buildouts
The central bank of Morocco, Bank Al-Maghrib, has adopted Bloomberg’s Foreign Exchange Electronic Trading (FXGO) and E-bond (EBND) platforms.
The interbank derivatives market for foreign...
OMS, EMS or something in between?
Many firms are considering merging their order management systems (OMSs) and execution management systems (EMSs), but oversimplification could be counterproductive, delegates at this year’s...
Exclusive: Katana’s intellectual property up for sale
The intellectual property of Katana, which provides trade ideas to bond investors, has been put up for sale by Hilco Streambank. Developed in-house at...
Mark Carney says bitcoin has ‘pretty much failed’ as money
Speaking at Regents University on 19 February, Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, said bitcoin, “has pretty much failed” on providing...
EXCLUSIVE: Citadel Securities confirms plans to enter corporate bond market
Citadel Securities has announced plans to enter the corporate bond market this year, The DESK can reveal, in a surprise play for one of...
Lynge Jensen to join Danske Bank AM
Frank Lynge Jensen is to join Danske Bank Asset Management as a fixed income trader, having left outsourced trading provider, Sherpa Edge.
In a statement...
valantic FSA to develop web UI for Nasdaq Rates Trader
valantic FSA has agreed to develop Nasdaq Rates Trader, a new web-based user interface for Nasdaq’s Nordic and Baltic fixed income markets.
The new UI...
Moody’s strips US of its final triple-A
Moody’s Investors Service has cut the long-term sovereign rating of the United States by one notch to Aa1, citing the inexorable rise in federal...
Bloomberg: No charge for buy-side fixed income trading
Bloomberg has quashed rumours that buy-side traders are to be charged for fixed income trading in 2021. Buy-side traders had reported to The DESK...
Gain greater confidence in your automated trading decisions during market volatility
Charlie Campbell-Johnston, Managing Director, AiEX & Workflow Solutions at Tradeweb.
In times of volatility, traders need to react quickly to tricky market conditions – and automation...
