MarketAxess outperforms competition in October through slower month
US electronic credit trading slowed down in October. FINRA’s TRACE tape recorded combined US investment-grade (IG) and high-yield (HY) average daily volume (ADV) at...
Research shows increasing demand for voice and e-trading data integration across TCA and surveillance
Demand for integrated trade and communications surveillance among financial institutions has surged by 100% this year following heightened regulatory scrutiny across the financial markets,...
Duffy remains confident in face of FMX challenge
Despite record results, one topic dominated CME’s Q2 earnings call earlier this week: FMX.
CEO Terry Duffy has been vocal from the outset about his...
US Treasury market change catalysed by proprietary trading firms
Proprietary trading firms are driving change faster than the interdealer brokers, writes David Wigan.
Direct streaming of pricing data is changing the historical client/dealer relationship...
MeTheMoneyShow – Episode Eight
Shanny Basar and Dan Barnes discuss the latest outsourcing trends in the trading and post-trade space, particularly the aggregation of trading desks within larger...
ICE: Size-Adjusted Pricing (SAP)
Shifting odd lot dynamics throw a spotlight on ICE’s Size-Adjusted Pricing
A dramatic jump in small trade volumes, driven by increased retail and electronic...
Spain aligns with European settlement standards
Spanish stock market operator BME has amended its settlement model in preparation for T+1.
From 17 March, the Spanish central securities depository Iberclear is no...
Industry viewpoint: How electronic RFQ has unlocked institutional ETF adoption
Adam Gould, Head of Equities, Tradeweb.
Institutional investors continue to embrace ETFs as a low cost, highly liquid, flexible answer to a wide range of...
LSEG widens market maker spreads for government bonds, more ETFs
The London Stock Exchange Group has increased market-maker spreads to 5% for all exchange-traded products (ETPs), exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and UK government bonds -...
Have credit e-trading platforms just been liberated in US markets?
The removal of key legislative proposals in the US capital markets is potentially allowing electronic trading platforms to develop entirely new ways of trading...
Build your own EMS
Frustration with commercial front office technology is leading major buy-side firms to build execution capabilities.
Buy-side spend on order management and execution management systems (O/EMS)...
Franklin Templeton drops CRD cloud move in favour of Aladdin
Global investment management firm Franklin Templeton has selected BlackRock’s Aladdin order management system (OMS) to bring together its multi-asset class investment management platform.
The move...
