Swaps market implies no rate change from FOMC
Data from the swaps market implies participants expect to see policy rates unchanged after the Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting this week.
Looking further...
UBS quantifies MiFID II ripples that will be felt across the pond
The DESK.
Banks will see trading revenue growth fall by roughly 1.5% in 2018 due to MiFID II, and that pressure will sustain for at...
Barnes on Bonds: Primary Gilt Trip
To see political risk writ large in financial markets, look no further than the UK. While Rishi Sunak has won the race to be...
Nick Garrow joins Trading Technologies as EVP multi-asset and buy side
Trading software, infrastructure and data solutions provider, Trading Technologies International, has hired London-based industry veteran Nick Garrow in the new position of EVP multi-asset...
The ‘venue’ question raised by ESMA’s new order execution consultation
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is consulting on the development of technical standards (RTS) specifying the criteria for establishing and assessing the...
Credit: The introduction and initial impact of portfolio trading
Ted Husveth, Managing Director, Credit Product Manager, Tradeweb.
Portfolio trading in credit markets continues to take shape and change the way that many clients are trading...
Ending technology asymmetry in primary markets for bonds
By Rahul Kambli, Senior Product Owner, Genesis Global.
Accessing the primary market for corporate bonds can be lucrative for asset managers astute about pricing and...
Issuance in double figure growth everywhere (ex-Japan!)
The debt markets have been booming globally in the first half of 2024, according to Dealogic data, with Middle East and Africa seeing issuance...
Tradeweb founder and Broadridge to launch bond trading venue
Broadridge Financial Solutions has conducted live trades on a new artificial intelligence (AI)-driven corporate bond trading platform, LTX, developed in partnership with Jim Toffey,...
JP Morgan strides ahead in bond market-making revenues for Q1
JP Morgan saw robust fixed income revenue in Q1 2024 across US market makers, reporting US$5.2 billion over the first three months of the...
Primary markets: The choices facing buy-side traders
Ted Douglas, Co-Head of Global Fixed Income, Capital Formation at IHS Markit spoke to The DESK about the dynamics of bond issuance for the...
Boltzbit: The practical application of AI in investment and trading
Asset managers are already able to leverage large language models to boost investment and trading workflows.
The DESK spoke with Yichuan Zhang, chief executive officer...
















