IRD traders see room for improvement in dealer technology use
Close to a third of interest-rate derivatives (IRD) traders are content with the technology use of their dealers, according to a recent Coalition Greenwich...
European bond traders struggle with block trades and counterparties
Analysis of the European and US corporate bond markets by Coalition Greenwich has found that block trades and counterparties are a far greater concern...
Ex-Etrading Software exec joins Propellant
Etrading Software’s former chief strategy officer has resurfaced at Propellant Digital, joining the firm as a senior advisor for business development and strategy,
Elizabeth Brooks...
MeTheMoneyShow : Retail therapy with Shanny Basar
In this podcast Dan Barnes discusses 'retail therapy' with Shanny Basar, who recounts the soothing sound of a congressional hearing into retail trading and...
Squeezing the bid-ask spread
Bid-ask spreads in the corporate bond space have continued to collapse in 2025, suggesting that liquidity costs are dramatically improving for buy-side traders.
Looking at...
Ten years of research: Lessons for trading platforms in fixed income
Lessons on the viability and competitiveness of liquidity aggregation tools can be drawn form the last decade of research conducted by The DESK.
In 2015...
FILS USA: Opportunities remain in EM and ESG
Away from the US corporate and government bond market, this year’s Fixed Income Leaders Summit, emphasised the value of investing in both emerging markets...
Tradeweb files for IPO
Market operator Tradeweb Markets, has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed initial public...
Broadway Technology named infrastructure service provider for Cboe’s US Treasuries platform
Market operator Cboe Global Markets has selected Broadway Technology as an infrastructure service provider (ISP) for its new US Treasuries trading platform.
Broadway provides...
Dealers grow FICC revenues 15% in first quarter of 2021
Sell-side fixed income, currency and commodities (FICC) revenues saw growth of 15% in the first quarter of 2021, according to new research by analyst...
Tradeweb to acquire US treasury algo execution firm r8fin
Tradeweb, operator of electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money markets, is set to acquire r8fin, a technology provider that specialises in algorithmic-based...
Shielding from exploding issuance
US fixed income markets saw issuance in Q1 2024 hit US$2.5 trillion according to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), an increase...
