Simon Jones named head of credit markets EMEA at Citi
Simon Jones has been appointed head of credit markets trading for EMEA, in addition to his current role as head of global spread products...
Viewpoint: “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend...
Neptune’s COO, Byron Cooper-Fogarty, and head of data science, Ben Cohen, discuss the future of “axes” in the fixed income world.
Abraham Lincoln was a...
Regulation : Brokers warned on SI regime missteps : Dan Barnes
Regulators have expressed concern over banks’ plans for operating systematic internalisers (SIs) under the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II). Dealers have...
Tradeweb completes electronic swaption trade
Tradeweb has completed the first fully electronic request-for-market (RFM) swaption package trade on its Swap Execution Facility (TW SEF).
Since the inaugural trade was executed...
US rates take a summer dip
A slight cooling in average daily notional volumes (ADNV) in US rates trading, down 7% to US$1,012 billion from May’s US$1,097 billion, still represented...
Exclusive: BMO Capital Markets, Blaylock Van, and American Veterans Group join DirectBooks
DirectBooks has had BMO Capital Markets, Blaylock Van, and American Veterans Group join its bond issuance platform.
These recent additions increase the total number...
CanDeal launches live pricing for Canadian corporate bonds
CanDeal has announced the launch of Corporate Matrix Pricing on its Evolution platform, providing intraday pricing for Canadian corporate bonds alongside integrated trading capabilities....
Bloomberg tops ESMA’s bond venue report for ISIN count in Q4 2023
The European and Securities Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its report on the highest volume traded for individual bonds, tracked by International Securities Identification...
Scaling up EM Hard Currency trading with Targeted RFQ
In often illiquid and volatile emerging markets (EM), achieving best execution is a vital part of delivering on fund objectives. Increasingly, electronic trading plays...
The Agency Broker Hub: The challenge of retail-size electronic fixed income trading
By Lisa Tellia, E-Commerce Distribution – Market Hub, Global Markets Sales & Platforms at Intesa Sanpaolo
Fixed Income execution has traditionally been very complex and...
E-trading fixed income volumes rose in October with risk assets facing headwinds
Electronic trading platforms saw net growth in the fixed income space for October, although risk assets faced headwinds.
Tradeweb saw its total trading volume for...
Fear of job loss harming traders’ mental health
Exchanges are calling for 24-hour trading. Firms are working with less resources. Markets are increasingly complex. And traders are worried about job loss.
In the...
