Investor demand: French no-confidence vote sharpens pressure on OAT-Bund spread
French Prime Minister François Bayrou’s call for a no confidence vote was scheduled for the 8 September late on Monday 25 August. Aiming to...
Viewpoint : Beyond MiFID : Gherardo Lenti Capoduri & Umberto Menconi
Thinking beyond MiFID II: a new role for the fixed income broker
By Gherardo Lenti Capoduri, Head of Market HUB, and Umberto Menconi, Business Development &...
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...
Is a liquidity crisis brewing in European HY?
Concern around liquidity in Europe’s high yield market has been rising over the past quarter as it is hit by a double whammy, falling...
Mosaic taps Euroclear for new data intelligence service
Mosaic Smart Data has launched data intelligence service Smart Markets, which transforms fixed income data into insights for market participants.
Smart Markets enriches, normalises and...
Excited or scared? The liquidity rollercoaster
Bid-ask spreads across all credit markets shot up in the week of 7 April, following the announcement of global tariffs on imports to the...
AFME and IA agree on UK consolidated bond tape
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has reached an agreement with the Investment Association (IA) on a proposal for a future UK...
Fitch Group to acquire CreditSights
Rating and data provider Fitch Group is acquiring CreditSights, the provider of credit research to the global financial community.
The company is being acquired from...
EC launches wide ranging review of MiFID II/MiFIR and investment firms
The European Commission (EC) has launched a ‘Review of the regulatory framework for investment firms and market operators’ to capture any perceived changes needed...
Correction: Trading Technologies reported revenues
In a previous story Trading Technologies revenues were incorrectly reported. As a private company, Trading Technologies does not report its financials publicly.
The company has...
Adaptive: The Modernization Mandate – Who Calls the Shots on Trading Tech?
The Modernization Mandate: Who Calls the Shots on Trading Tech?
Capital markets are at a critical inflection point, with firms navigating a complex transition from...
Tangible returns from bond trade automation
Adoption of automated trading continues apace across several bond markets and within different grades of instrument. Gareth Coltman, global head of automation at MarketAxess,...
