ABN AMRO Investment Solutions using BNP Paribas for outsourced dealing
BNP Paribas’s Securities Services business has been selected to provide ABN AMRO Investment Solutions with a range of dealing and middle office outsourcing services....
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...
PIMCO to use Algomi ALFA for liquidity sourcing
PIMCO, one of the world’s largest fixed income investment managers by assets under management will begin using Algomi ALFA, the pre-trade data aggregator for...
Bloomberg Terminal releases document search and analysis feature
Bloomberg is expanding the artificial intelligence capabilities of the Bloomberg Terminal with a document search and analysis solution.
The new service is expected to allow...
Supply, gross
Debt markets are looking bloated in Europe, with a 33% increase in European non-financial investment grade issuance year-on-year (YoY) year-to-date and a 31% increase...
Traders note FCA ‘rebundling’ exposes misunderstanding of bond market
The UK market regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released a consultation paper (CP) on existing MiFID II rules, which includes a proposed...
Industry viewpoint: Optimising the data pipeline for buy-side trading desks
Buy-side bond traders can enhance execution through a flexible data offering.
The DESK spoke with Mark Heckert, ICE’s Chief Operating Officer of Fixed Income and...
What does flat e-trading growth mean for credit traders?
The proportion of electronic trading in 2023 within US credit markets is proving stubbornly resistant to growth. Research by market structure analysts, Coalition Greenwich,...
RBC joins ICE Clear Credit as clearing member
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has joined Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE) credit default swaps clearinghouse, ICE Clear Credit, as a clearing member.
Following its membership,...
Risk profiling electronic market makers after Jane Street, Jump re-rated
Last year, Jane Street and Jump Trading had their rating outlooks upgraded by ratings agencies, as they overcame potential hurdles facing their businesses. Electronic...
Octaura integrates list and RFQ into loan trading platform
Octaura has integrated list and request for quote (RFQ) protocols on its existing syndicated loan trading platform, in an effort to offer clients faster...
Evidence of trading efficiency from electronification
This week we look at the growth of electronic trading in the US fixed income markets, and the potential it holds to reduce time...
