Exclusive: Competition fails to cut prices for FX dealers
When Bloomberg announced, in Q4 2024, that it was to start charging dealers for using FXGO, its foreign exchange trading service, a number of...
Gilt activity spikes as new rates reality bites government borrowers
By Dan Barnes and Etienne Mercuriali
Gilts market opening on the morning of 9 January suggested some traders took a big hit, with stop losses...
FILS US 2023: Traders need tech solutions that plug directly into their workflow
The View on Liquidity panel at FILS US 2023 had some stern words on the urgent need to integrate better protocols directly into workflows...
What is behind the falling cost of IG liquidity?
The bid-ask spreads in credit trading across the Europe and US have fallen dramatically in the first three weeks of 2024, relative to the...
Markets run on mobile as Microsoft viral patch decimates systems
“Nothing’s working,” said one trader. “Everyone’s on their mobile device. Some banks are up, Bloomberg is up, but I can’t trade as I can’t...
Beyond Liquidity: Strong volume year expected for listed derivatives
Global listed derivative volumes are expected to remain strong in 2023 after reaching a record last year, according to data tracked by Liquidnet.
2022 global...
Bond platforms report record trading volumes for March
The March 2020 numbers are in for bond trading platforms MarketAxess and Tradeweb and both have seen record results, in a period that has...
Greenwich: D2C Treasuries e-trading increases in July
An analysis of trading in the US Treasury space by Greenwich Associates has seen the proportion of electronic dealer-to-client activity (D2C) increasing in July,...
Credit hungry in 2025
The market is clearly very hungry for more credit, a positive signal given how much new and refinanced debt is being issued.
This can most...
Scaling up EM Hard Currency trading with Targeted RFQ
In often illiquid and volatile emerging markets (EM), achieving best execution is a vital part of delivering on fund objectives. Increasingly, electronic trading plays...
Derivatives : Migrating benchmarks : Dan Barnes
LIBOR: WHEN TO JUMP ON THE SOFR
The transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) to overnight indexed swap rates is moving, but when...
FILS 2022: Consolidated tape tipped for 2024
Efforts to create a Consolidated Tape for corporate bond markets in Europe could come to fruition by early 2024, provided political agreement is reached...
