MTS: Preparing fixed income participants for MiFID II
By Tom Harry, Regulatory Specialist at MTS
The upcoming implementation of MiFID II will have wide-ranging implications for fixed income trading. From 3rd January 2018, fixed income market...
Analysis of US yields in 2021 and anticipation for next year
Yields for US high yield bonds have turned a corner, according to MarketAxess data, following a drop from 3.65% in April down to 3.065%...
CGS-CIMB Securities adopts Bloomberg TOMS and data licence for expansion
Asia-based financial services provider, CGS-CIMB Securities International, has adopted Bloomberg’s Trade Order Management System (TOMS) and data via Bloomberg Data License (DL) to scale...
Me The Money Show – Episode Five
John Dantona, editor of Traders magazine and Dan Barnes, editorial director of Markets Media Europe, discuss the latest news in the cryptocurrency trading space,...
SEC classifies HFT liquidity providers as “dealers”
US markets regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has adopted two rules that require market participants who engage in certain dealer roles, in...
US credit sees elevated bid-ask spreads
Bid-ask spread remain elevated in US markets across investment grade and high yield, relative to January and February, according to MarketAxess Trax data, which...
SGX CDP live with Marketnode DLT direct-to-depository service for bond issuers
Singapore Exchange’s Central Depository (SGX CDP) has made a blockchain-enabled bond issuance platform available to market participants. Developed by Marketnode, an SGX Group-Temasek digital...
Anthony Phillips expands Reinsurance Group of America role
Reinsurance Group of America has named Anthony Phillips as interim head of APAC portfolio management. He is based in London.
This expands on Phillips’ existing...
Schroders’ former head traders return to senior roles
Rob McGrath, former global head of trading at Schroders, and Nick Robinson, former head of trading for Fixed Income and Active FX at Schroders,...
Origination: Government bond supply next week
Nominal supply of bonds scheduled in the Euro area next week is expected to level at €17.8 billion of European government bonds (EGBs), according...
LIST completes second phase of client migration onto Euronext Optiq trading platform
ION subsidiary LIST has completed phase two of the migration of its Borsa Italiana clients on to Euronext’s Optiq technology trading platform.
Following a successful...
US credit trade sizes swell YoY in May
US credit trading volumes were at their lowest year-to-date in May, but still showed considerable year-on-year (YoY) growth in both trade sizes and volumes.
Average...
