China takes a bigger slice of global FI pie
China has seen a growing share of global fixed income markets outstanding since 2014, with SIFMA data showing it to be one of the...
FILS 2021: Overcoming barriers to automation
Implementation costs are among the biggest hurdles for buy-side fixed income desks hoping to increase efficiency workflows.
Addressing delegates at the Fixed Leaders Summit in...
SEC forms Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee
By Flora McFarlane.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the formation and first members of its Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee.
The committee,...
Getting the most out of derivatives in credit
Bond investing has become more exciting in the past two years than in the previous ten, with interest rates and central bank activity fire-fighting...
Symphony SPARC falls prey to debate on venue versus execution tool
Capital markets communication network, Symphony has been fined by the US derivatives regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), after it found the firm’s...
BIS targets liquidity cliff in repo
Banks have reacted to end-of-quarter capital reporting by reducing activity, leading to sudden declines in liquidity; now authorities are reacting.
Banks have been ‘window dressing’...
The credit futures market
By Andreas McGrath, Fixed Income ETF Trader, Susquehanna International Group
How did Susquehanna become involved in this market?
When Eurex first approached Susquehanna in 2021...
MarketAxess buys Deutsche Börse’s regulatory reporting business
Fixed income market operators and data provider, MarketAxess, has entered agreed to buy the Regulatory Reporting Hub, the regulatory reporting business of Deutsche Börse...
Lacklustre trading at Barclays and HSBC in Q4 2024
Barclays and HSBC both saw relatively subdued fixed income, currencies, and commodities (FICC) trading results in Q4 2024 compared to peers like BNP Paribas.
Barclays...
Oliver Price joins Bank of America
Oliver Price has joined Bank of America as a GBP swaps trader in London.
Bank of America reported increased revenues for the fixed income, currencies...
Neptune announces new CEO, with strong buy-side support
Neptune Networks, the fixed income pre-trade market utility, has appointed John ‘Coach’ Robinson as permanent chief executive officer (CEO). Robinson commenced in the role...
Are European exchanges allowed to rival size of US markets?
The European Commission (EC) has opened an in-depth investigation into the proposed acquisition of Refinitiv by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) under the...
