Liberty Street Economics: Active trading could drive loan standardisation
By Flora McFarlane.
A Liberty Street Economics report analysing the US secondary loan market has found that increased trading and liquidity will potentially standardise loans.
The...
BondAuction breaks into liability management
BondAuction has expanded its platform capabilities to cover liability management.
“If an issuer would like to buy back its bonds, it can announce that to...
Tradeweb reports December 2020 volume up nearly 30% year-on-year
Bond market operator Tradeweb has reported its total trading volume for December was US$18.2 trillion across its marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money...
Dealers grow FICC revenues 15% in first quarter of 2021
Sell-side fixed income, currency and commodities (FICC) revenues saw growth of 15% in the first quarter of 2021, according to new research by analyst...
Tradeweb, Trumid close in on MarketAxess’ lunch
Electronic credit closed 2024 on a strong showing with December monthly volume growing 14.7% to US$18.3 billion year–on–year (YoY) while full-year trading volume totalled...
Dealer engagement in multi-dealer platforms is growing
Sell-side firms appear to be increasing their engagement with corporate bond trading platforms. The narrative of increased bilateral trading between dealers and clients...
Vara leaves BlackRock
Jatin Vara has left BlackRock after 27 years with the company.
In 2023, Vara was named co-head of global trading alongside Dan Veiner. Prior to...
Industry viewpoint: Optimising the data pipeline for buy-side trading desks
Buy-side bond traders can enhance execution through a flexible data offering.
The DESK spoke with Mark Heckert, ICE’s Chief Operating Officer of Fixed Income and...
Exclusive: Competition fails to cut prices for FX dealers
When Bloomberg announced, in Q4 2024, that it was to start charging dealers for using FXGO, its foreign exchange trading service, a number of...
Brexit & Covid: Keep your eye on the ball
Jannah Patchay of Markets Evolution advises firms to keep their eye on the ball and not let Covid divert their attention from the job...
European Women in Finance 2022 – The Longlist
In 2020, Best Execution and The DESK hosted the first European Women in Finance Awards, following the model of Markets Media's long-established awards programme....
Adaptable AI: Predicting Bond Prices in the Year of Surprises
Kristina Fan, Founder and CEO of 7 Chord, tells The DESK how BondDroid, the firm’s proprietary machine-learning technology, is overcoming barriers to AI adoption...
