Bloomberg, MarketAxess and Tradeweb axe joint consolidated tape project
Bloomberg, MarketAxess and Tradeweb today jointly announced they will not form an independent company to participate in the public procurement procedure to become the...
Cowen boosts fixed income outsourced trading team with two hires
Cowen has expanded its fixed income outsourced trading team with two senior hires, Vincent Governara and Chris Taliercio. Both traders bring over 15 years’...
ESMA consults on potential changes to CSDR penalty regime
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a consultation paper seeking input on amendments to the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) penalty...
MarketAxess: Changing liquidity conditions will impact the need for data
Data demands change as liquidity ebbs and flows, creating risks for buy-side traders as they seek to use more data to support their activity...
“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,...
US and Middle East bond issuance separated by Iran war
The US markets saw a record day of issuance on 10 March, supported by the massive USD37 billion issued by Amazon, alongside a euro-denominated...
Linedata : Managing operations to thrive in 2021
By Ed Gouldstone, Global Head of Research & Development, Linedata Asset Management.
The word unprecedented may have been overused in 2020, but there is no...
YieldX launches new bond investment and portfolio management suite
YieldX, a new end-to-end platform for fixed income investing, has been launched to offer a new workflow for sourcing and trading fixed income assets.
Using...
Symphony’s new president outlines his vision
Brad Levy, the new president and chief commercial officer (CCO) of Symphony, the capital markets communication network, has outlined his vision of the company’s...
MSCI and MarketAxess collaborate on liquid fixed income indexes, portfolio construction and ESG
MSCI and MarketAxess are entering into a strategic collaboration to create portfolio analytics solutions and co-branded fixed income indexes incorporating MarketAxess liquidity data.
MSCI plans...
Intelligent application of artificial intelligence in credit
A picture has emerged of the future credit desk for buy-side traders, from discussions at the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit in Washington DC last...
Research: Having an EMS does lead to better performance in bond trading
The buy-side’s wish-list for execution and order management systems revealed in The DESK’s latest research.
Buy-side bond traders want their trading technology to provide a...
