Buy-side desks swing extra US$2.1 million into fixed income trading technology
By Sobia Hamid.
On average buy-side fixed income desks pushed US$2.1 million of additional budget into technology in 2016, according to new research from analyst...
TransFICC investment to deliver e-trading platform with trader desktop
TransFICC, the specialist provider of low-latency connectivity and workflow services for fixed income and derivatives markets, has closed a Series A extension for US$17...
Smart deployment of tech is key to boost FI desk effectiveness
Mehmet Mazi, Managing Director and Head of Credit Trading at HSBC, gives his expert insight into optimising the trading desk.
Where are the greatest risks...
MarketAxess to buy MuniBrokers
Bond market operator MarketAxess has agreed to buy MuniBrokers, a central electronic venue serving municipal bond inter-dealer brokers and dealers.
MuniBrokers connects 14 municipal securities...
Cash is king: investors seek refuge in USD
Institutional investors are clamouring for cash as they exercise caution around equities and fixed income over wider macroeconomic uncertainties, according to State Street Holdings...
ESMA publishes its first liquidity assessment for bonds
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today its first liquidity assessment for bonds subject to the pre- and post-trade requirements of...
LDA slashes market data distribution times
Ultra-low latency and circuit and network solutions provider LDA Technologies has launched a tool to synchronise market data distribution in an effort to democratise...
ESMA reports EU bonds subject to MiFID II transparency
A total of 1,355 liquid bonds trading on EU trading venues are currently subject to MiFID II transparency requirements, according to the European Securities...
An EMS built for bond trading
Trading protocols in fixed income are multiplying and becoming more dynamic, placing demands on trading desks that only an EMS can manage.
An execution management...
Solve adds visualisation to predictive pricing service
Market data provider Solve has updated its predictive pricing tool to support municipal bond traders’ pre-trade decision making.
The relative value analysis tool allows users...
China’s bond futures add to liquidity from index inclusion
Still fighting for the depth of US and Japanese bond markets, China’s liberalisation of derivatives trading bodes well for market liquidity. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports.
After almost...
Exclusive: TS Imagine connects with TDS Automated Trading for muni market-making
Trading systems provider, TS Imagine, has connected to municipal bond market maker TDS Automated Trading (TDSAT), through its TradeSmart Fixed Income execution management system...