Is Europe being punished for slower e-trading adoption?
The liquidity shortfall, expected at the end of the year, is traditionally triggered by dealers’ reluctance to make markets when their risk positions are...
Securities financing conditions tightened somewhat while market making activity gained, ECB says
The Desk has analyzed the December 2024 survey on credit terms and conditions in euro-denominated securities financing and OTC derivatives markets (SESFOD), which provides...
EM stabilising could encourage market makers
Emerging market activity has seen a reduction in volatility in the first half of the year, with both volumes and pricing levels falling slightly,...
Chris Robinson joins Liquidnet
Liquidnet has appointed Chris Robinson as a multi-asset trader.
Robinson has more than a decade of industry experience, and joins Liquidnet from Louis Capital Markets.
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On The DESK: Trading and Technology collaborating for the future
Erik Tumasz and Josh Grodin of Wellington Management on honing trillion-dollar Wellington Management’s technology-driven edge in trading.
How do you structure your trading desks?
Josh Grodin:...
Beijing Stock Exchange launches corporate bond trading
The Beijing Stock Exchange opened its corporate bond market on 15 January 2024 following testing of cash bond trading and clearing on 13 January....
Brexit & Covid: Keep your eye on the ball
Jannah Patchay of Markets Evolution advises firms to keep their eye on the ball and not let Covid divert their attention from the job...
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MarketAxess hit 21.5% of investment grade TRACE volume in Q2
Fixed-income market and infrastructure operator, MarketAxess, has seen revenues for the second quarter of 2020 increase 47% year-on-year (YoY) to US$184.8 million, up from...
FCA appoints UK Secondary Markets Advisory Committee members
The FCA has appointed members of the UK secondary markets advisory committee for June 2024 to June 2026.
The committee supports the FCA’s work in...
Asia’s Electronic Trading Wave Reaches Swaps
By Andrea Sbalchiero, IRS Product Manager, Asia at Tradeweb.
Electronic trading is on the march in Asia. One example is Japanese Government Bonds, where automation...
Return of volatility – will liquidity shifts bend or break US Treasuries?
Disclosed trading and internalisation are increasing as liquidity is wrung out of dealers and electronic market-makers. Chris Hall reports.
As January’s storms ripped holes in...
Ediphy launches Context designed to ‘optimise’ fixed income workflows
Ediphy has released a workflow tool, Ediphy Context, designed to assist fixed income professionals in price discovery, market surveillance and trading workflows.
The solution captures...
