Technology : Order management systems : Dan Barnes
Will buy-side firms build the OMS they need?
Complaints about order management system performance still dog the fixed income markets, increasing the likelihood of in-house...
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%...
SoftSolutions’ new testing-as-a-service environment live
SoftSolutions, the fixed income trading technology provider, has announced that a major Scandinavian bank is completing testing of the latest version of nexRates using...
Arcesium acquires Limina, expands investment platform
Arcesium is expanding its investment platform to cover the end-to-end lifecycle following its first acquisition.
The financial technology firm has acquired portfolio and order management...
November’s bumper month for fixed income e-trading
Electronic trading platforms have reported a bumper November for fixed income trading, with CME reporting interest rate average daily volume (ADV) up by 42%;...
FILS 2021: Boosting liquidity through market structure
The rise in bilateral streaming and the regulatory push towards central clearing can increase the diversity of trading counterparties and boost liquidity according to...
ESMA moves to tighten up algo surveillance
Algo trading has grown increasingly complex over the last decade. In 2007, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) permitted competition with the national...
Primary markets: Give me some credit: Outlook for bond issuance in 2023
New issues provide liquidity and price points for bond traders; we assess the prospects for the year ahead.
As the cost of borrowing continues to...
Tradeweb bets on prediction markets with Kalshi partnership
Tradeweb has partnered with Kalshi, making a minority investment in the prediction market.
Tradeweb CEO Billy Hult commented, “Prediction markets are increasingly becoming a key...
Morgan Stanley an outlier as banks see FI trading revenues drop
In the third quarter of 2024, of five major banks – Citi, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley – only...
IDX 2024: Divergence or convergence for EU and UK regulation?
Regulation is an ever-changing beast; panellists at this year’s International Derivative Expo conference provided updates on new mandates, progress being made and how implementation...
Betting the house
Mortgage origination in the US is predicted by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) to rise significantly across 2024-25, yet trading of securitised mortgages still...
