ICMA: Adopt data-driven approach to MIFIR RTS 2 post-trade deferral framework
The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has co-signed a cross-industry statement on the MIFIR RTS 2 post-trade deferral framework for bonds, calling for a...
Perkins joins Deutsche Bank
Sean Perkins has joined Deutsche Bank as director of high yield research. He is based in New York.
Perkins has more than 25 years of...
Tradeweb joins forces with Boerse Stuttgart, sees Q2 revenues up 19%
Market operator Tradeweb is partnering with Boerse Stuttgart to offer the German exchange’s users direct access to liquidity in US bond trading. The exchange...
Are average trade sizes really falling in the US?
Earlier this year we noted that average trade sizes were down considerably on 2022, but being wary of mean reversion, we wanted to revisit...
ICE Bonds sees record notional volume for portfolio trading
Market operator, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has reported record volumes for fixed income portfolio trading during the fourth quarter of 2020.
Over US$1.9 billion in US-based...
Issuing at the top of the market
The high levels of bond issuance this year, made at what is widely expected to be peak interest rates, are potentially building up high...
FILS 2021: Great expectations
Big themes are getting thrown around at WBR’s Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit, which is back today as a physical event for the first time...
Comparing Corporate Bond Liquidity Across Regions
By Grant Lowensohn and Hidde Verholt.
Highlights
The US corporate bond market offers a significantly greater number of ISINs with high daily trade counts than other...
One desk for multi-asset low-touch trading
If a single desk can trade all liquid instruments for an asset manager, it could see significant cost and process efficiencies. Lynn Strongin Dodds...
Corentine Poilvet-Clédière appointed CEO of LCH SA
LCH Group has named Corentine Poilvet-Clédière as CEO of LCH SA, the European counterparty clearing house (CCP) based in Paris, effective 1 October 2023.
Poilvet-Clédière...
Italian engineering
The longstanding debt market in Italy offers a good source of insight into the impact of changing rules around best execution and transparency in...
European rules misleading investors on trading costs for derivatives
By Pia Hecher.
Derivatives analytics firm OpenGamma found that transaction costs for derivatives may be misrepresented by up to 900% to investors, as a result...
