Acuiti: Sell-side not confident on compulsory clearing timeline
Sell-side players are not confident in the introduction of clearing markets across cash Treasury and repo markets, concerned that deadlines are unfeasible, infrastructure is...
FILS 2021: Macros pressures not shaking bond investor confidence
Investors remain optimistic on debt markets despite the possibility of higher inflation, Fed tapering and disruption from structural changes in China according to discussions...
Broadridge using OpenFin for PM and trader workspace
Broadridge Financial is to use OpenFin’s operating system for financial desktops for its new digital workspace solution. The tool is designed to support asset...
Chinese govies step closer to collateral acceptability
Acceptance of Chinese government bonds as collateral will hinge upon rule changes around defaults. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports.
The use of Chinese government bonds as...
Declaration of dependence
US president to oversee financial institution regulation amid deregulation drive.
Executive orders signed by US president, Donald Trump, have given him oversight of all US...
Balls calls for UK to adopt a more risk-assertive culture
Ed Balls, former economic secretary to the UK Treasury & shadow chancellor, has called for the UK to adopt a risk-positive culture in order...
Liquidnet expands continental Europe coverage
Block trading specialist Liquidnet, part of the TP ICAP Group, has expanded its continental European coverage by deploying specialists in equities and fixed income...
Barclays: Portfolio trading 8% of US credit market volume
Barclays has conducted new analysis into portfolio trading of corporate bonds, estimating the trading protocol now makes up 8% of US credit trading.
The firm...
Corporate Bonds : Shuttering & Buffeting : Lynn Strongin Dodds
NETS CAST WIDE AS HIGH YIELD IS SPREAD THIN.
With Third Avenue and Lucidus putting high yield in the headlines, traders and portfolio managers are defining...
Ipreo’s Investor Access first year sees strong uptake
By Flora McFarlane.
Ipreo, a global provider of workflow solutions and market intelligence, has released its growth statistics on usage of Investor Access, its real-time...
Buy-side fights back against primary market pressure
As new platforms promise to increase efficiency in bond issuance, buy-side firms are looking for leverage to drive change, and not only through technology.
The...
TP ICAP offsets H123 equities drop with boost from relative value business
TP ICAP has seen its revenues increase by 1% in H1 2023, from £1 billion to £1.01 billion, following a comparatively strong performance in...