EM stabilising could encourage market makers
Emerging market activity has seen a reduction in volatility in the first half of the year, with both volumes and pricing levels falling slightly,...
Tigress network “maximises” ESG footprint with ICE bond platform partnership
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), a global provider of technology and data, has partnered with Tigress Financial Partners, a disabled and women-owned financial advisory firm, to...
valantic integrates Overbond’s pricing and liquidity scoring into dealer FICC trading systems
Overbond’s COBI-Pricing LIVE has been integrated into valantic FSA ’s electronic fixed income, currency and commodity (eFICC) trading systems. COBI-Pricing LIVE is a customisable...
Primary ignition – at both ends
Politics are being sidelined in the battle for efficiency in primary markets for buyers and for issuers
The top operational priority for buy-side traders in...
Pirum launches CSDR fails cost reporting
Trade reconciliation specialist, Pirum Systems, has launched a new fails report for the Central Securities Depository Regulation (CSDR), which will require a mandatory buy-in,...
Cboe: What an institutional trader needs to know about FI ETFs and futures
Where instrument selection can be key, understanding cash and derivatives instruments and the interplay between them is invaluable.
The DESK spoke with Joyce Choi, director...
Getting the most out of derivatives in credit
Bond investing has become more exciting in the past two years than in the previous ten, with interest rates and central bank activity fire-fighting...
ESMA clarifies CTP exclusion criteria documents
ESMA has clarified the documents that firms bidding to be consolidated tape providers (CTP) must provide during the application process.
In the first stage of...
KNG names Omar Ghalloudi head of emerging market trading
KNG Securities has appointed former Credit Suisse illiquid bond specialist Omar Ghalloudi as head of emerging market (EM) trading.
Corporate and distressed bond ‘expert’ Ghalloudi...
CME Group completes migration of BrokerTec trading platform to CME Globex
Market operator CME Group has migrated the US Treasuries trading and US repo functions of BrokerTec business to its CME Globex platform. This follows...
EM traders ride out the chaos
It would be understandable if trading in emerging markets (EM) debt were becoming more expensive as risk increased in many markets it makes up,...
NatWest, Loop Capital, and TD Securities join DirectBooks
NatWest, Loop Capital and TD Securities have joined the DirectBooks bond issuance platform. The recent additions increase the total number of underwriters on DirectBooks...
