DirectBooks names team and launches advisory committee
DirectBooks, a sell-side consortium designing systems for the primary bond market, has named Yvonne Wang as chief operating officer, and Christopher Rodriguez as global...
Treasury bill supply and ON RRP investment
By Gara Afonso, Marco Cipriani, Catherine Huang, Gabriele La Spada, and Sergio Olivas.
Take-up at the Federal Reserve’s Overnight Reverse Repo Facility (ON RRP) increased...
UK markets: “Volatility like I’ve never seen” but opportunity not seen since 1998
The impact of this week’s market volatility has varied drastically from one trading desk to another, according to the portfolios being traded for, but...
On the DESK : Cathy Gibson : Royal London
The buy side must be an active participant in shaping market structure if investors are to achieve the best returns, says Cathy Gibson.
Biography: Cathy...
Yven Scholz promoted at Allianz Global Investors
Yven Scholz has been named head of electronic trading & services at Allianz Global Investors. Prior to his promotion, Scholz was a multi-asset derivatives...
Coalition Greenwich sees US bond trading volumes falling in Q2
A report by market analysis form Coalition Greenwich, part of S&P Global, has found that after an active first quarter, corporate bond trading slowed...
Re-designing the fixed income landscape
Benjamin Bécar, Fixed Income Product Manager at smartTrade Technologies believes that growing access to data is enabling buy-side firms to transform their trading workflow...
Lutnick on FMX vs CME: “Put us toe-to-toe in the ring and we’re on.”
Interdealer brokers and market operator BGC Group intends to launch its futures exchange for US Treasury and SOFR contracts this summer to compete with...
Intercontinental Exchange consolidates bond business under new broker-dealer
Intercontinental Exchange is consolidating its ICE BondPoint, TMC Bonds and ICE Credit Trade businesses under a single management team and banner, ICE Bonds, which...
Government & municipal bonds : Electro muni : Chris Hall
GLOBAL WINDS OF CHANGE FUEL MUNICIPAL BOND AUTOMATION.
International interest is pushing the municipal bond market towards greater electronification and transparency. Chris Hall reports.
A new...
Axess All Prints: Real-time trade-level transparency for EU & UK markets
MarketAxess reveals how it has enhanced its original EU & UK trade tape, Axess All, to deliver a new level of transparency for clients and...
Tabb Group event: Concern regarding Reg ATS expansion
On 9 March the Tabb Group’s ‘Fixed Income Trading and Best Execution Summit’ heard that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) concept release around...
