Bid-ask spreads see double-digit tightening in early 2025
Analysis of MarketAxess’s CP+ data, which analyses composite trading costs based on traded bonds, has found that bid-ask-spreads have tightened by double digit percentages...
First U.S. corporate bond index futures
Cboe, IHS Markit and BlackRock Join Forces to Launch First U.S. Corporate Bond Index Futures
Source: Cboe Global Markets, Inc. May 16, 2018, 08:30 ET
CHICAGO, May 16, 2018...
Gibson joins Ninety One as global head of trading
Cathy Gibson has joined asset manager Ninety One, an emerging market specialist with over £100 billion in assets under management, as global head of...
Industry viewpoint : Regulation & data : MTS
Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR)
Q&A with Tom Harry, Regulatory Specialist, MTS
How well prepared are institutions for the impending requirements of SFTR?
Most repo market participants...
Russell Feldman named CEO of IMTC as it raises new funding
IMTC, a provider of fixed income investment management technology, has secured its first external funding round, which was led by Nyca Partners. This investment...
The DESK’s Trading Intentions Survey 2020 : UBS Bond Port
Adopting an agency approach has allowed UBS to deliver a service that has eluded many other banks via Bond Port.
As a result, the...
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The data puzzle
Umberto Menconi, head of Digital Markets Structure, Market Hub at Banca IMI outlines the impact of regulation and the importance of data in a...
Origination: SocGen’s Sogecap issues €800 mil in perpetual notes
Societe Generale’s life insurance company Sogecap has issued €800 million in restricted Tier 1 perpetual notes.
Perpetual notes have no maturity date, and are non-redeemable....
Glue42 working with AllianceBernstein muni trading team
Glue42, the desktop integration specialist, has added investment firm AllianceBernstein (AB) to its client roster, to try and help the firm’s buy-side traders gain...
2020: Finding positives in a tough year
While 2020 was a tough year on many levels, Lee Olesky, CEO of Tradeweb, has tried to pick out the positives from a market...
Viewpoint: What an institutional trader needs to know about FI ETFs and futures
Where instrument selection can be key, understanding cash and derivatives instruments and the interplay between them is invaluable.
The DESK spoke with Joyce Choi, director...
Muni bond, loan market development paths in focus
Like illiquid fixed income instruments, illiquid fixed income markets are not standardized, with each on their own unique path toward market development.
Municipal bonds and...
