The DESK’s Trading Intentions Survey 2020 : UBS Bond Port
Adopting an agency approach has allowed UBS to deliver a service that has eluded many other banks via Bond Port.
As a result, the...
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DirectBooks live with euro and sterling investment grade deals
Sell-side consortium DirectBooks, is now live with Euro and Sterling Investment Grade bond deal announcements on its bond issuance platform. The platform launched in...
Reform of TRACE reporting urged as portfolio trading rises
Portfolio trading, in which baskets of securities are exchanged with bank in single deals, has been growing in popularity as it gives certainty over...
ICE Data Services: Data in Action
Beneath the surface: Visibility is only as good as your data
By David Varano, ICE Data Services Director, Business Development, and Jaimi Goldberg, ICE Data Services Solutions Specialist,...
April saw European bond volume dip
Data from MarketAxess has indicated that trading across bond markets in Europe dipped in April, with European sovereign trading volumes dropping after a period...
Société Générale, HSBC and MUFG join DirectBooks; US$1.6 trillion processed in 2021
Société Générale, HSBC, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), have joined the DirectBooks platform bringing the total to 19 global underwriters live on DirectBooks.
In...
The DESK’s Trading Intentions Survey 2020 : Streamed dealer prices
STREAMED DEALER PRICES.
Streaming prices from dealers provide a key perspective on the market, but unless they are executable they have limited value for trading....
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Trading outsourcer Tourmaline hires three senior executives
Outsourced trading solutions firm Tourmaline Partners has added Alex Goodman and Matt Sindell as managing directors, and Darren Mazzuca has joined as director of...
Tradeweb, Euroclear and Informa Global Markets collaborate on bond issuance
Market operator Tradeweb, international central securities depositary Euroclear and data provider Informa Global Markets (IGM) are collaborating to automate the security identification and setup...
Finsight acquires Credit Flow Research
Capital markets technology and market data firm Finsight has expanded its US fixed income market provision with the acquisition of Credit Flow Research.
The acquisition...
Block trading investigations follow a long trend
Several investigations reported in the press are following regulatory scrutiny of block trading arrangements. The investigations reported by Bloomberg, Reuters and the Financial Times...
Coalition Greenwich: US Treasuries trading up 46% YoY in January
“The more the US government borrows (US$2.6 trillion in January), the more US Treasury traders trade.”
This activity, according to Coalition Greenwich’s Kevin McPartland, is...
