What’s up EM?
Emerging market volumes have jumped in September, hitting levels not seen since April 2025, when the US trade taxes on imported goods from every...
Could the Twitter hangover really hurt credit liquidity?
Banks’ support for market making is tied to the bonds they carry on their books, and the cost that has for their balance sheets....
Illiquidity creeps up in US credit… will e-trading save the day?
Looking at data on US credit markets, taken from MarketAxess Trax, which tracks trading across multiple markets and counterparties, investment grade trading volumes have been...
Trumid promotes Mike Sobel to co-CEO
Bond market operator Trumid, has named Mike Sobel as co-CEO alongside founder and co-CEO Ronnie Mateo. A founding member of Trumid’s team, Sobel will...
UK sees first tokenised collateral FX transaction
Lloyds Banking Group and Aberdeen Investments have completed the first foreign exchange trade using tokenised collateral in the UK.
Tokenised units of Aberdeen Investment’s money...
Wellington targets US wealth clients with interval fund
Responding to growing interest in alternative solutions, Wellington Management has launched its first interval fund.
Through the Wellington Global Multi-Strategy Fund, Wellington aims to provide...
Serrano swaps Liquidnet for Tradition
Fausto Serrano has joined interdealer broker Tradition as North American head of electronic credit brokering. He is based in New York.
Tradition reported CHF 1.1...
Citi Markets bets on Asia growth
Citi Markets expects to increase headcounts in its Asia rates and prime businesses over the next year as market activity booms, it says.
The company...
A third of US buy-side bond traders see dealer connectivity as priority
Research published by data, analytics and trading systems provider, IHS Markit, has found that 33% of buy-side fixed income traders are assessing direct connecting...
ICE: Continuous Evaluated Pricing™ (CEP™)
As bond markets are transformed by electronic trading, ICE is helping bring real-time insight to a complex asset class. Senior Director, Bond Pricing Product...
FILS USA 2023: Macro effect on trading; BlackRock says higher rates ‘not fleeting’
The macro environment is having a major effect on the attractiveness of certain instruments, noted Sonali Pier, managing director and portfolio manager at PIMCO,...
Australia’s Challenger picks Charles River for front office services
Australian investment management firm Challenger has selected State Street's Charles River Investment Management System (IMS) to deliver front office services.
The announcement follows an appointment...
