Traders respond positively to MarketAxess/LiquidityEdge deal

Traders respond positively to MarketAxess/LiquidityEdge deal

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Buy-side traders have responded positively to the announcement that electronic bond market operator, MarketAxess, has agreed to buy LiquidityEdge, the US Treasuries marketplace, noting...
FIX and ICMA collaborate on axe quality improvement initiative

FIX and ICMA collaborate on axe quality improvement initiative

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The FIX Fixed Income Axe Standards Working Group is leading an initiative to improve the quality of axes in bond trading, in partnership with...
FILS 2022: Automation drive continues amid liquidity squeeze

FILS 2022: Automation drive continues amid liquidity squeeze

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Recruiting an army of coders cannot be a panacea for traders’ data, liquidity problems, according to an all-star panel on day one of this...
Kepler Cheuvreux continues FI build-out with Nordic hire

Kepler Cheuvreux continues FI build-out with Nordic hire

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Eva Gripsten has joined Kepler Cheuvreux’s senior credit sales team, covering Nordic accounts. Based in Stockholm, she reports to Stephan Kovarski, head of debt and...
Industry viewpoint : MTS

Industry viewpoint : MTS

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Work smarter with MTS Auto Execution – trade automation at your fingertips Paul O’Brien, Senior Product Manager at MTS Markets Automation has become so imbedded in our everyday...
Insights & Analysis: Pricing freedom

Insights & Analysis: Pricing freedom

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The street is waiting anxiously for the announcement and impact of all the trade tariffs to be announced on 'Liberation Day’; the term the...
Technology : TCA in Fixed Income

Technology : TCA in Fixed Income

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Making up the numbers. Regulatory changes that emphasise transparency are driving adoption of transaction cost analysis for bond trading, writes Sarah Spikes. Transaction cost analysis (TCA)...
FILS in Barcelona: What a T+1 world will look like for fixed income

FILS in Barcelona: What a T+1 world will look like for fixed income

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At FILS 2023, Stephanie Fraser of Baillie Gifford and Katia Felina, head of post-trade product at Bloomberg, discussed the future in both Europe and...
Private credit: “Don’t get involved now!”

Private credit: “Don’t get involved now!”

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Louis Gargour, chief investment officer at LNG Capital gave this late-cycle warning at a FILS panel dedicated to alternative investment in private credit. He...
Electronification of US credit delivers resilience

Electronification of US credit delivers resilience

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The electronification of the US corporate bond markets has demonstrated that its improved efficiency has strengthened depth of liquidity provision, rather than made it...
Trading hacks and force multipliers for the smaller trading team

Trading hacks and force multipliers for the smaller trading team

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Faced with rising trading volumes and falling returns, buy-side bond desks are frequently either shrinking or at best struggling to match resource with requirements. We...
Demotivated dealers

Demotivated dealers

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By Flora McFarlane. Sell-side bond trading is losing its lustre for traders, according to Greenwich Associates research. Increasing automation and regulatory changes may be the...