MarketAxess launches centralised marketplace with integrated rates trading
Electronic bond market operator, MarketAxess, has launched a centralised fixed income trading marketplace integrating rates trading capabilities within the MarketAxess trading system.
MarketAxess acquired government...
IMTC: Customising investment products efficiently in a rising rate environment
Technology is enabling investment managers to automate portfolio and instrument selection putting clients in the driving seat.
The DESK interviewed Russell Feldman, CEO of IMTC,...
Six New Trends in Managing Fixed Income Accounts
By Blake Lynch, Head of Sales at IMTC.
Predicting the bond market’s next move is difficult at best—will the yield curve steepen or flatten? Will...
Investor demand: Dollar weakness trumps French political instability
Despite a French sovereign debt downgrade to A+ by Fitch over the weekend, the euro has risen to new highs for the year (1.188)...
Citi boosts EGB rates trading team across US and Europe
Citi has made a number of appointments to its rates trading team, with Courtenay Watson joining the company as a managing director in London.
Watson...
Science vs. art: Where TCA adds value in fixed income
Picking the right transaction cost analysis methodology might improve best execution, but qualitative assessment must balance the quantitative, writes Flora McFarlane.
MiFID II obliges buy-side...
The gaps that AI can close in credit markets
Artificial intelligence is being applied to bridge and unite information in bond trading. Liquidity is notoriously gappy in credit markets, and market data naturally...
Jing Sima returns to BCA Research
Macro investment research provider BCA Research has appointed Jing Sima as China strategist.
Sima has close to 20 years of industry experience, and returns to...
EM in ‘limbo’ provides trading and pricing challenges
Emerging market bond funds have seen outflows continue to slow significantly, with Morgan Stanley’s analysts estimating it at US$1.8 billion, equating to about 0.42%...
This Week from Trader TV: Matt Howell, T. Rowe Price
ETF Innovations, 0DTE Options, and Fed uncertainty reshapes trading.
Thinned summer liquidity, surging ETF flows, and the growth of zero days to expiry (0DTE) options...
Portugal to join FTSE World Government Bond Index; India deferred
Portugal has been added to the FTSE World Government Bond Index (WGBI), effective November 2024. FTSE Russell stated that the country now meets all...
LIBOR risks growing
Philip Whitehurst, head of service development at clearing house LCH has warned delegates at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit to take FCA warnings seriously regarding...
