ION connects to FMX Futures Exchange
ION has connected to the FMX Futures Exchange, which opened on 23 September 2024, meaning clients can now trade on the newly launched exchange...
BNP Paribas loses Puget to BlueCrest
Francois Puget has joined fixed income macro trading firm BlueCrest Capital Management as a senior portfolio manager after almost 30 years with BNP Paribas.
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Q2 revenues up more than 25% at Tradeweb
Tradeweb’s net revenues were up by more than a quarter (26.7%) in Q2 hitting a reported US$513 million. MarketAxess continues to roll out new...
Morgan Stanley: Fed buying programme has benefits beyond direct purchases
Analysis of the Federal Reserve’s Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF) by Morgan Stanley analysts has found that its purchases of exchange traded funds...
FILS USA 2023: Traders test the water with new execution methods
The ability to use new trading protocols can be highly dependent upon the funds that a desk trades for and the types of instruments...
ICE: Measuring and managing climate risk in debt markets
As the physical risks associated with climate rapidly shift, borrowers, lenders and investors need to better understand their exposure. Larry Lawrence, head of sustainable...
EIB’s Project Venus issues second digital bond on blockchain
The European Investment Bank (EIB) — in collaboration with Goldman Sachs Bank Europe, Santander and Société Générale — launched Project Venus, their second euro-denominated...
Coalition: FICC up 50% for banks in H1, rates revenues doubled
Banks saw fixed income, currency and commodities (FICC) revenues rise by 54.6% in the first half of the year according to analyst firm Coalition....
SIFMA finds support for shift in benchmarking of 20-year US corporate bonds
The spread for many legacy 20-year US corporate bonds is benchmarked against the 30-year Treasury, but trade body SIFMA has found support for moving...
Raiffeisen Bank International executes first non-standard interest rate swaps
AxeTrading has extended its fixed income products’ offering to support non-standard interest rate swaps which is being used by its client, Raiffeisen Bank International...
FILS USA 2022: The big investment and macro trends
The Federal Reserve loomed large over the FILS conference last week. Any discussions about the difference a trading desk can make had to clearly...
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...
