Tangible returns from bond trade automation
Adoption of automated trading continues apace across several bond markets and within different grades of instrument. Gareth Coltman, global head of automation at MarketAxess,...
Hunt: UK to set pension investment targets, launch market platforms and rebundle research payments
Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has set out the UK's plan for regaining its initiative in capital markets at his Mansion House Speech....
Barclays Bank adopts CLS’s CCS service
Barclays Bank has gone live on CLS’s cross currency swaps (CCS) service.
The CCS service, an extension of the CLSSettlement payment-versus-payment settlement solution, mitigates settlement...
State Street and FactSet partner to support better data management
State Street and FactSet have partnered to integrate State Street Alpha and FactSet to support streamlining of data flows across the front, middle and...
Improved auto-quoting tops wishlist for corporate bond investors
Improved auto-quoting tops the list of what corporate bond investors would like to see more of from their liquidity providers. That is according to...
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Liquidnet’s research reveals liquidity conditions improving
A survey of US and European bond traders has revealed that the liquidity in the fixed income markets is improving.
The research, published by the...
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The Book: Alphabet tops issuer league table in May
Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, was the largest corporate issuer in May 2025. It issued a combined US$5 billion and a combined...
Frans de Wit is new head of trading at PGGM
Frans de Wit, the investment director for Treasury, Trading & Commodities at Dutch pension fund manager PGGM, has been named head of trading, following...
Are US dealers still offsetting credit trading risks?
As US banks see credit positions turn negative, and interdealer market volumes remain flat, The DESK asks how they offset risk as their credit...
China government bond issuance reducing transparency of total social finance
Understanding state support for the economy in China can be measured across several dynamics, but debt provision to the non-financial private sector, known as...
European Markets Choice Awards 2023 – are you a finalist?
Markets Media Europe is delighted to announce the finalists for the 2023 European Markets Choice Awards.
The Instinet Positive Change Awards will headline the EMCAs...
AFME report on rates trading suggests enhanced transparency could boost liquidity
A report by the Association of Financial Markets in Europe, and investment data management provider, Finbourne, has found enhanced transparency could potentially boost liquidity...
