No respite for Italian volatility
By Chris Hall.
Political uncertainties will continue to guarantee challenging conditions for investors in Italian government bonds well into 2019, according to speakers on Thursday’s...
FILS USA 2023: Finding efficiency in fixed income trading
Market operators seek to expand reach of surprisingly resilient automation.
Fixed income trading has become much more efficient over the years, driven by new technologies...
Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, US Bancorp and Wells Fargo back Versana digital loan platform
Versana has announced the addition of four new banks – Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, US Bancorp and Wells Fargo – as investors in its...
“There is no liquidity”: Bond traders report market conditions never seen before
Buy-side bond traders are facing a considerable challenge in matching their investor’s demand for fixed income assets as equity markets plummet. Volumes are up,...
Banca IMI: Lessons for europe
As europe braces for the impact of MiFID II’s transparency requirements on an illiquid corporate bond market, some traders are at an advantage. A...
Debate heats up around Munis tax exempt status
The Republican Party is considering repealing the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds.
A memorandum circulated by the US House of Representatives Budget Committee and diffused...
CFTC Chair Behnam to Step Down Amid Regulatory Transition
Rostin Behnam, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has announced his departure after steering the agency through a transformative period in digital and...
Bond-trading broker-dealer charged for allegedly bankrupting firm
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Keith Wakefield, a former managing director and head of fixed income trading at IFS Securities, an...
The ‘venue’ question raised by ESMA’s new order execution consultation
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is consulting on the development of technical standards (RTS) specifying the criteria for establishing and assessing the...
Tradeweb reports ADV in June up 35% year-on-year
Tradeweb has reported that its total trading volume for June 2021 reached US$23.1 trillion. Average daily volume (ADV) for the month was US$1.05 trillion,...
Tradeweb poaches Daniel Swaby from Trumid
Tradeweb, a fixed income, derivatives and ETF electronic trading platform, has hired Daniel Swaby as director.
Swaby, formerly at Trumid where he worked in emerging...
DirectBooks names team and launches advisory committee
DirectBooks, a sell-side consortium designing systems for the primary bond market, has named Yvonne Wang as chief operating officer, and Christopher Rodriguez as global...
