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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ICE Bonds expands fixed income liquidity network with TS Imagine connection
TS Imagine has connected to ICE Bonds to offer clients access to its fixed income execution protocols and liquidity.
TS Imagine customers using the TS...
Portfolio trading proves transformational, but controversial
The US market has been transformed by portfolio trading (PT) this year, with estimates that PT makes up somewhere between 25-40% of dealer-to-client (D2C)...
Marc Wyatt, T. Rowe Price: On Reputation
Marc Wyatt, head of Global Trading at T. Rowe Price explains why, in an industry under pressure, standing up to your commitments is fundamental...
Tradeweb and MarketAxess beat TRACE growth in November
US electronic credit activity firmed in November. On FINRA’s TRACE tape, combined US investment-grade and high-yield average daily volume (ADV) rose to US$57.8 billion,...
Xerox prices senior secured notes ahead of April issuance
Xerox Corporation has priced US$800 million in senior secured notes, set to be issued on 1 April.
Half the principal amount will be issued with...
Correction: Trading Technologies reported revenues
In a previous story Trading Technologies revenues were incorrectly reported. As a private company, Trading Technologies does not report its financials publicly.
The company has...
Spain aligns with European settlement standards
Spanish stock market operator BME has amended its settlement model in preparation for T+1.
From 17 March, the Spanish central securities depository Iberclear is no...
Editorial: Asset managers wilt as banks impose hose-pipe ban
In the UK, during dry conditions, the government bans the public from using hosepipes in order to conserve water. In 2022, the sell side...
Exclusive: Analysing the battle for US e-Trading in February
The highly competitive corporate bond market saw average daily volumes converge in the US across electronic trading venues in February. The DESK has exclusively...
Greenwich predicts schism in European and US bond markets
By Vineet Naik.
European bond market structure is likely to diverge further from the US, as a result of the different investment models which are...
The fall of Europe’s brokers
Reduced competition could lead to higher prices for buy-side bond traders.
The collapse of European brokerage houses is hitting buy-side trading desks in two ways....
