The cost of liquidity in EM today
A very graphic representation of the cost of liquidity can be seen in the latest data from MarketAxess. It shows that average daily volume...
Fixed income e-trading in review with Burton-Taylor
A new report by analyst firm Burton-Taylor entitled ‘US Corporate Bond Electronification’ has found that the different electronic execution systems and platform providers in...
EC’s new Capital Markets Union Action Plan drives equity consolidated tape forward
The European Commission has published a new Action Plan to boost the European Union's Capital Markets Union (CMU) over the coming years. The EU's...
Tradeweb launches Saudi ATS
Tradeweb has expanded its alternative trading system to cover Sukuk and Saudi Riyal (SAR)-denominated debt instrument execution.
The company was licensed by the Capital Market...
SOFR is off to the races
By Colm Murtagh, Head of U.S. Institutional Rates, Tradeweb.
There are (surely) more obviously thrilling ways to celebrate a new year, but in many ways, the market...
The Agency Broker Hub: The hybrid approach in fixed income brokerage
The hybrid approach in fixed income brokerage - How brokers better comply with clients’ execution models.
Umberto Menconi, head of Digital Markets Structures, Market Hub, Banca IMI,...
A new model for predicting fixed income trading costs
BestX, the execution quality analysis provider, has launched a new tool for fixed income traders to support their pre-trade capabilities.
The ‘Expected Cost’ model is...
Rules & Ratings: Big Beautiful Bill highlights US credit cracks
Fitch Ratings has adjusted a quarter of its US sector outlooks for 2025 to ‘deteriorating’.
The agency cited slowing growth, increasing uncertainty and the expectation...
Jean-Marc Perrin elevated at SGCIB
Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking (SGCIB) has promoted Jean-Marc Perrin to co-head of Investment grade credit trading.
This advancement comes after his tenure as...
O’Kelly appointed head trader at RPMI Railpen as it insources trading
RPMI Railpen, which represents the UK’s railway workers pension fund, has hired Tom O’Kelly as head trader. The scheme manages around £30 billion for...
Eurex consolidates asset classes trading and clearing
Eurex has consolidated its equity/index, fixed income, currency and repo operations into two business lines, and named Robbert Booij head of financial derivatives.
The firm...
Eurex’s EU bonds futures go live
Eurex’s Euro-EU bond futures (FBEUs) are now available for trading.
The instruments, which were first announced in April, provide a physically deliverable futures contract designed...
