EC suspends best execution reporting which is “not read at all”
The European Commission (EC) has adopted a Capital Markets Recovery Package, as part of the Commission's overall coronavirus recovery strategy which includes increased leniency...
Tradeweb data reveals shock of rate cut expectations on swaps market
Analysis of Tradeweb data has show the level of surprise at potential central bank rate cuts over the past week in the interest rate...
Veiner switches to head of markets at BlackRock
Dan Veiner has been promoted to head of markets at BlackRock Global Markets and Index investments (BGM).
The business combines BlackRock’s market-facing functions with the...
Balls calls for UK to adopt a more risk-assertive culture
Ed Balls, former economic secretary to the UK Treasury & shadow chancellor, has called for the UK to adopt a risk-positive culture in order...
Technology: The real reason you cannot get a new trading system
Lynn Strongin Dodds investigates the barriers to adopting new technology.
Technological advances may be developing at breakneck speed but many of the barriers of adoption...
Women in Finance : Jennifer Peve, keeping ahead of the pack
Jennifer Peve talks to Lynn Strongin Dodds about innovation, experimentation and connections.
Jennifer Peve, managing director of Business Innovation at Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation...
Securities financing conditions tightened somewhat while market making activity gained, ECB says
The Desk has analyzed the December 2024 survey on credit terms and conditions in euro-denominated securities financing and OTC derivatives markets (SESFOD), which provides...
How big can systematic trading get in credit?
Investors can achieve significant advantages though systematic trading, such as reduction of trader/investor bias, and responsiveness to signals. However, there are limits to the...
CMA scuppers ION’s fixed income ambitions?
Trading systems giant ION will have to sell the fixed income business of recently acquired Broadway Technology if it wants to allay concerns and...
Viewpoint: Mike Googe & Ravi Sawhney, Bloomberg
Fixed income TCA: The state of the art.
Scratching the surface of buy-side transaction cost analysis use reveals demand for very tailored metrics, as Mike...
IHS Markit: Investor Access doubles investor use
By Pia Hecher.
Information and analytics provider IHS Markit announced that 320 investment firms are participating on its Investor Access platform. The number of buy-side...
Do Europe’s credit trading costs invert the pattern for US debt trades?
An analysis of average bid-ask spreads in corporate bond markets across the European and US markets suggests that median bid ask spreads responses are...
