European Markets Choice Awards 2021 – The Finalists
Best Execution and The DESK are delighted to announce the finalists in the inaugural European Markets Choice Awards, sponsored by Instinet and Tradeweb.
The Awards...
IDX: The play for efficiency
Panellists at this year’s International Derivative Expo conference considered regulation, technology and competition as they discussed how the industry can improve efficiency and promote...
Strong start of the year in electronic credit trading
Electronic credit markets started 2025 on a strong note, with January's total credit average daily volume (ADV) showing robust growth across platforms. Trumid reported...
Overbond releases AI-driven margin optimisation tool
Overbond has released an artificial intelligence (AI) powered margin optimisation add-on that integrates with its existing suite of AI-driven fixed income analytics. Sell-side traders...
How to trade for alpha
Smart institutional trading desks can boost returns in support of investment management. Dan Barnes reports.
If institutional portfolio management (PM) and investment trading were separated in...
OTCX: Why you should support electronification of fixed income derivatives trading
Trading over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives poses fewer burdens that ever before, but buy-side support can accelerate progress.
The FILS Daily hears the pace of electronification in...
Seth Bernstein: Diversification via fixed income “if not dead, is in critical condition”
Seth Bernstein, the CEO of US$622 billion AUM asset manager AllianceBernstein, has opened the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit US today, with an analysis of...
Call for regulatory reform of primary markets
By Chris Hall.
Panellists were split on whether regulatory intervention is needed to improve transparency and efficiency in a debate on electronification and standardisation of...
Adaptive Auto-X creates choice in trade automation
Developing automation to suit a range of market environments has put MarketAxess’s clients ahead in the drive for more efficient trade execution and adaptable...
Quorum 15 launches digital membership with Greenwich Associates
By Shobha Prabhu-Naik.
Quorum 15, a global financial markets think tank, has entered a new partnership venture with analyst firm Greenwich Associates, to support digital...
Davis Polk boosts asset management investment with three new partners
Davis Polk has hired Andrew Ahern, Alisa Waxman and Luke Eldridge as partners in the investment management practice in New York.
Ahern advises sponsors of...
US electronic platforms’ credit activity cools further in
Average daily volume reported on TRACE for US investment grade (IG) and high yield (HY) dropped a further 9% month-on-month (MoM) in June to...















