Electric dreams in global rates markets
Electronic trading between dealers and buy-side institutions is taking different paths in government bond markets, globally. Lucy Carter investigates.
“We have seen growth in the electronification of...
Bitfinex Securities and Mikro Kapital launch ongoing tokenised bond issue
Bitfinex Securities, which offers listing and trading services for security tokens, has launched two new tokenised bond issues under an ongoing tokenised bond issuance...
EXCLUSIVE: abrdn’s automation journey sees no-touch jump
Louise Drummond, global head of investment execution at abrdn, discusses the firm’s path towards workflow automation – an achievement that has been almost a...
Tradeweb connects repo and IRS markets in electronic workflow
Multi-asset market operator, Tradeweb has launched features that bridge the firm’s repurchase agreements (repo) and interest rate swap (IRS) product offerings to support clients’...
US electronic platforms’ credit activity cools further in
Average daily volume reported on TRACE for US investment grade (IG) and high yield (HY) dropped a further 9% month-on-month (MoM) in June to...
European Markets Choice Awards Winner: Tradeweb
Enrico Bruni, Managing Director and Head of Europe and Asia Business at Tradeweb spoke to Dan Barnes about market evolution over the last 18...
Swap market participants begin using DSB
It appears that swap market participants are beginning to use the service in increasing numbers as the Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) reports a rise in...
Britannia Global Markets appoints Alex Cooper as senior sales trader
Britannia Global Markets, a UK-based firm specialising in derivatives broking across multiple asset classes, has appointed Alex Cooper as a senior sales trader.
Cooper will...
BIS: Cut your trading costs in half by cosying up to dealers
A new working paper, written by the Monetary and Economic Department of the Bank of International Settlements, has found that dealer relationships are crucial...
FILS USA 2023: Finding efficiency in fixed income trading
Market operators seek to expand reach of surprisingly resilient automation.
Fixed income trading has become much more efficient over the years, driven by new technologies...
Credit: The big takeaways from FILS Europe
In a market ‘obsessed’ with yield pick up, seeing considerable inflows into bond funds, corporate debt is getting bought up en masse. While this...
Beyond Liquidity: The Promised Land
Primary bond market technology has delivered a steady stream of notable enhancements in recent years, with a small number of platforms and niche service...
