Breaking blocks
Electronic trading is certainly on a growth spurt – Coalition Greenwich reports e-trading was 46% volume across all assets in 2021 – but this...
Port in a storm: Asian international bond markets resilient amid volatility
Volatile interest rates, a fractious geopolitical landscape, and rumbles in the Chinese property sector. Despite these headwinds, the international bond markets in Asia were...
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RBC hires Sayers from Citi to lead HY sales
Joe Sayers has joined RBC Capital Markets from Citi as head of high yield and loan sales, based in London and reporting to Janet...
Mutually assured success: How interpersonal relationships create trust in electronic markets
Bond trading is a relationship business, with pricing and liquidity influenced by the strength of relationships between buy-side and sell-side. As the market moves...
ICG names David Saitowitz head of US liquid credit
ICG, a global alternative asset manager, has named David Saitowitz its new head of US liquid credit.
Based in the firm’s New York office, Saitowitz...
Breaking: Ediphy challenges FCA award of bond CTP to eTrading Software
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has received a legal challenge from Ediphy to its decision to award the contract for the UK bond consolidated...
The Book: Supermicro prices US$2 billion convertible senior notes due 2030
Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), commonly known as Supermicro, announced the pricing of a US$2.0 billion private offering of convertible senior notes due...
Tradeweb to acquire Nasdaq’s eSpeed central limit order book
Electronic bond market operator, Tradeweb, has agreed to buy Nasdaq’s US fixed income electronic trading platform. The Nasdaq interdealer platform, formerly known as eSpeed,...
Exclusive: Rathbone Unit Trust Management outsources trading to Northern Trust
Rathbones, the investment and wealth manager with US$60 billion (US$74 billion) assets under management (AUM) has confirmed its Rathbone Unit Trust Management team is...
The Agency Broker Hub: Innovation and preparation
The DESK asked Gherardo Lenti Capoduri, head of Market Hub, the multi-asset agency brokerage execution platform of Intesa Sanpaolo, about the state of the...
FICC revenues climb as US banks capitalise on volatility
Wall Street banks posted US$18.8 billion in fixed-income trading revenues in Q2, driven by their activity in macro products, particularly rates and currencies. JP...
E-trading ‘outpaced’ voice for some traders in liquidity crisis
The market has evolved valuable alternatives to traditional dealer liquidity.
Electronic trading was tested in the March 2020 sell-off, and it held up well. But, most...
















