European HY bond issuance saw 45% increase in 2023
High yield bond issuance reached €66 billion in 2023, up from €45 billion in 2022 which had been a record low.
The findings come...
BondDroid AI now available within TS Imagine’s TradeSmart fixed income EMS
TS Imagine has made 7 Chord’s BondDroid AI available within the TradeSmart fixed income EMS.
BondDroid AI applies real-time continuous learning technology to generate accurate...
Issuance and inflows paint more positive picture for EM liquidity
Over the past week emerging markets (EM) credit issuance saw US$7.6 billion in newly issued bonds, against US£900k the week before, while on the...
S&P Global Market Intelligence: Michael Richter on futures TCA
S&P Global: Looking to the future with its new TCA tool
S&P Global has provided sophisticated best execution and TCA tools since 2011 across a...
JP Morgan strides ahead in bond market-making revenues for Q1
JP Morgan saw robust fixed income revenue in Q1 2024 across US market makers, reporting US$5.2 billion over the first three months of the...
Buy side wants new tools in primary market tsunami
Several buy-side traders report new primary bond market tools could come online this year in the US, with dealer consortium DirectBooks expected to step...
Industry viewpoint : Regulation & data : MTS
Repo market data
Q&A with Luigi Marino, Product Manager, Market Data, MTS
What is the state of electronic repo market trading for buy-side firms today?...
Portware claims ice cracking on EMS/OMS division
By Flora McFarlane.
“The order management system (OMS) and to an extent the execution management system (EMS) as stand-alone products are dead,” says John Adam, global...
Investor Appetite: Dutch pension move to DC triggers increased hedge rate ratios
Pension funds are preparing to move to a defined contribution model in the Netherlands, ahead of a mandatory switch on 1 January 2028. They...
Citi asserts control over any data tied to bilateral client trades
The European credit trading team at Citi has, according to several large asset managers, told buy-side clients the bank owns any data relating to...
Buy side reports price movement risk in Treasury trading
Automated trading and derivatives are changing the way US Treasuries are traded, exposing the buy side to high-frequency trading strategies. Chris Hall reports.
If big...
Broadway Technology’s fixed income spin-off raises questions about competitive landscape
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has agreed the takeover of Broadway Technology by ION Trading Technologies, allowing ION to expand its grip...
















