US 2 Year Treasury Note breaks 5%
The US 2 Year Treasury Note rose above 5% at approximately 2 AM EDT last night. Highs of 5.007% were recorded at 2:22 and...
‘Resurgence’ in fixed income in 2023 drove e-trading in December
Electronic trading platforms saw a big boost to trading volumes in December, finishing off a great year for fixed income.
Tradeweb
Tradeweb Markets has reported a...
BGC Group offers US dollar swap e-trading
BGC Group has launched a fully electronic trading platform for US dollar swaps. Briana Grazioso, director of e-sales at the firm, will lead the...
MarketAxess executes first portfolio trade for tax-exempt munis
MarketAxess has executed the platform’s first ever portfolio trade for tax-exempt municipal bonds.
The portfolio trade was executed earlier this month between a large bank...
Trading automation in the fixed income market
Nicholas Bean, Head of Electronic Trading Solutions, and Ravi Sawhney, Head of Fixed Income Automation at Bloomberg speak to The DESK.
How much of the fixed...
Data’s weakness in March crisis accelerates calls for European tape
Where European bond market infrastructure has lagged behind US, traders – and therefore investors – have suffered.
From a promised age of enlightenment, many traders...
WaveLabs signs up its first hedge fund client
WaveLabs, developer of the specialist fixed income trading technology, eLiSA, has signed up its first hedge fund client.
The eLiSA execution management system (EMS), created...
Lead : Best execution : Dan Barnes
The best execution conundrum
Market structure, risk trading and the nature of time-limited instruments make reporting of best execution for bonds a challenge. Dan Barnes...
US credit issuance hit record highs in September
US credit issuance was at its highest level since May 2020 at the start of September, pushing average daily notional volumes up 4% year-on-year...
Shape the way you access The DESK in 2025
In 2025 we will be introducing proprietary data tools to allow our readers to research bond issuers and issuance activity.
To support our independent sourcing...
RBC Capital Markets boosts European leadership
RBC Capital Markets has expanded its European flow rates trading team, naming Ian Hale as head of European inflation trading and promoting Callum Maitland...
French treasuries saw widest YtD median bid/ask spread following election
Following French president Emmanuel Macron’s unexpected snap parliamentary election on 9 June, the median bid/ask spread in French treasury bonds was at its widest...
