Knowing the lifetime cost of a derivatives trade
A partnership between Cassini Systems and IHS Markit is enabling investment firms to build a deeper understanding of their derivatives trading costs into pre-trade...
MiFID II: An exercise in risk management
Gherardo Lenti Capoduri, head of Banca IMI’s Market Hub, speaks with The DESK about the capacity of firms on both sides of the street...
Credit Spotlight: How clear can pre-trade get?
Pre-trade transparency is a nirvana for over-the-counter markets, particularly corporate bond trading, which lack the publicly displayed prices of the exchange-traded market.
Unless it...
Bloomberg’s open chat API creates exciting but costly opportunities
Bloomberg’s cross-firm chatbot API service can save companies time as they share information. But they are also expensive, and present firms with a fresh...
Is European credit electronification bouncing back?
There has been a noted proportional increase in electronification of US credit trading, as tracked by Coalition Greenwich. However, metrics around European trading found...
BlackRock’s Rieder: Fed will buy at least $1.5 trillion in Treasuries in 2020
Rick Rieder, BlackRock’s chief investment officer of Global Fixed Income, co-manager of the BlackRock Fixed Income Global Opportunities fund and BGF Global Bond Income...
KazMunayGas lists US$2.75 billion of Eurobonds on LSE
London Stock Exchange (LSE) has seen its largest issuance of corporate bonds from the CIS region since 2014. Kazakh oil and gas company, KazMunayGas,...
ICMA recommends ECB follows Federal Reserve and SNB policies
The International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) has written to the European Central Bank (ECB) with a “concern that rising dysfunction in the market...
CME Group to launch €STR options in Q1 2024
Derivatives marketplace CME Group is to launch options on €STR futures from Q1 2024, adding to its suite of European rates derivatives.
CME launched 3-month...
TP ICAP launches Bond Evaluated Price service
TP ICAP, the interdealer broker, has launched its first-ever set of evaluated price solutions focused on fixed income securities via its Data & Analytics...
Middleton appointed global head of FI trading at T Rowe Price
Dwayne Middleton has been named the global head of fixed income trading at T Rowe Price, the US asset manager with US$1.12 trillion of...
Morningstar analysis shows fixed income funds under the cosh with thin liquidity
According to a new report from market data specialist, Morningstar, the unprecedented interest-rate hikes across developed markets has left most bond categories deep in...
