White paper: Is bond trading on the cusp of a change?
A white paper published by Flow Traders and WBR Research* has identified several key indicators that execution quality is being enhanced by new ways...
Ratings & Analysis: Fitch’s rising stars accelerate upgraded debt levels
Changing credit ratings for three North American issuers in Q3 2025 pushed upgraded debt levels above downgraded debt in its global corporate portfolio, Fitch...
Just 23% of buy-side firms confident in preparedness for MiFID II
By Flora McFarlane.
A new report by block-trading specialist Liquidnet says that MiFID II will drive automation in trading, but firms face many complexities and...
ICE Bonds and BlackRock Aladdin offer fixed income portfolio auction to buy side
Market operator Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has integrated its ICE Bonds integrated with BlackRock’s Aladdin portfolio and order management system (OMS) to offer access to...
FILS in Barcelona: What will help traders best adapt to the new bond market?
Although the basic function of a trader – price and liquidity formation – has remained the same over the past two decades, the level...
Ted Husveth: Measuring Execution Quality for Portfolio Trading
In our last blog post, we detailed how we estimate market-wide portfolio trading volumes, and how those volumes have grown as a proportion of...
MarketAxess: Changing liquidity conditions will impact the need for data
Data demands change as liquidity ebbs and flows, creating risks for buy-side traders as they seek to use more data to support their activity...
Research: Having an EMS does lead to better performance in bond trading
The buy-side’s wish-list for execution and order management systems revealed in The DESK’s latest research.
Buy-side bond traders want their trading technology to provide a...
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Investor Demand: BofA sees investor sentiment bounce back in May
The Bank of America Global Fund Manager Survey (FMS) has seen the scaling back of US-China tariffs as a net positive for activity. In...
Tradeweb and FTSE Russell launch US Treasury closing prices
Tradeweb and FTS Russell have expanded their fixed income pricing partnership with the launch of Tradeweb FTSE US Treasury Closing Prices.
The service provides closing...
Bloomberg boosts Australian bond pricing
Bloomberg has expanded its Australian bond pricing services as the market continues to grow.
Australia is the third largest global securitised products market outside of...
Asset managers offering lower discount to promote new bond fund launches than equity funds
The launch of 'early-bird' share classes by asset managers is no longer uncommon in Europe according to research firm Fitz Partners, which now tracks...
