FILS USA 2022: How material will desktop Interoperability be for traders?
The rollout of FDC3 as a standard to support desktop interoperability between different applications has generated considerable interest in the trading community.
Dwayne Middleton, global...
FILS 2022: Deferral times priority for consolidated tape plans – EC’s Lueder
Plans for a consolidated tape for fixed income markets in Europe hinge on the “urgent priority” of harmonising post-trade publication windows – keeping them...
Sterling dealers recommend SONIA as alternative to LIBOR
The Bank of England’s Working Group on Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates – a group of major dealers active in sterling interest rate swap markets – has...
RBC Capital Markets launches Aiden Arrival algorithm
RBC Capital Markets has launched Aiden Arrival, the second algorithm on the firm’s artificial intelligence (AI) -based electronic trading platform. Aiden Arrival follows the Aiden...
Splinters of a market
While liquidity in US investment grade (IG) markets has been holding up relatively well, MarketAxess data shows us that the past month has seen...
Darren Bustin joins Schroders
Darren Bustin is to join Schroders Solutions on 1 September 2022, in the newly created role as head of Schroders Solutions Capabilities.
Bustin brings over...
ECB warns ‘dark trading’ may cement bond market fragmentation
A paper by the European Central Bank (ECB), entitled ‘Dark pools in European equity markets: emergence, competition and implications’ has advised firms to be...
PGIM: Research indicates liquidity event is tail risk with greatest impact
In a survey of 400 senior investment decision-makers at institutional investors in Australia, China, Germany, Japan, the UK and the US with a combined...
Repo ripe for evolution
The broken mechanics of the repo market have been exposed creating demand for change says Roberto Verrillo, Head of Strategy and Markets at Elixium.
“Those...
ICE Bonds and BlackRock Aladdin offer fixed income portfolio auction to buy side
Market operator Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has integrated its ICE Bonds integrated with BlackRock’s Aladdin portfolio and order management system (OMS) to offer access to...
Dealers face crunch on platform trading costs
As bid-ask spreads tighten and fees rise, dealers question making markets in credit.
It does not take a quant to understand that tighter bid-ask spreads...
What’s up EM?
Emerging market volumes have jumped in September, hitting levels not seen since April 2025, when the US trade taxes on imported goods from every...
