Tradeweb and MarketAxess see credit volumes increase over 25% in December
Market operators MarketAxess and Tradeweb have released their December trading levels, with both seeing a monthly increase of 25% in credit trading average daily...
Mubadala Capital continues expansion, acquires Silver Rock
Alternative asset management Mubadala Capital (US$27 billion AUM) is set to acquire a 42% stake in Los Angeles-based corporate credit asset manager Silver Rock...
What effect could retail flow have on credit markets?
Retail investment in equity markets has had two major effects on market conditions; one is an increasing engagement in direct trading into the market,...
FILS USA 2022: Leveraging technology to greater effect
The audience at FILS USA got an in-depth insight into optimising front office technology on Thursday, with a detailed analysis of how desktop interoperability...
ICMA: Fully-automatic credit trading has grown; block liquidity has reduced
The International Capital Markets Association has found 44% of buy-side trading desks have increased their use of rules-based, fully automated electronic execution compared with...
FILS 2024: UK rejects industry pressure to move up T+1 implementation date
There are still issues to be ironed out before the UK and Europe can follow the US to T+1, according to speakers at this...
Chris Gerlach joins MUFG
MUFG Securities Americas has hired Christopher Gerlach, a highly experienced credit derivatives and cash bond trader, as a director. He joins from BNP Paribas...
Chart of the week: Trading into Europe
Following our analysis of when to trade into US markets, we examine spreads for European rates markets across the day. For overseas traders working...
EquiLend rolls out Orbisa securities lending data on Bloomberg Terminal
Equilend, a technology, data and analytics firm, has launched Orbisa securities lending data on the Bloomberg App Portal, providing a dataset comprising US$32 trillion...
First trades of CME’s Mexican F-TIIE interest rate futures
Market operator the CME Group has processed the first trades of the new interest rate futures based on the Central Bank of Mexico's Overnight...
Hermes Investment Management chooses IHS Markit for TCA
By Flora McFarlane.
Hermes Investment Management has chosen IHS Markit’s TCA platform ahead of incoming best execution obligations under MiFID II.
The technology provider’s TCA platform...
September: US corporate bond ADNV hits $54bn, up 46% YoY
The average daily notional volume (ADNV) for US corporate bonds hit a new high of US$54 billion in September 2024, a 46% increase compared...
