OpenDoor nets US$10 million in continuing push for growth
By Flora McFarlane.
New Jersey-based startup trading platform OpenDoor Securities has completed a third US$10 million investment round, which will facilitate new front office hires...
MarketAxess holds US credit trading high ground in April volatility
A burst of spread widening and credit ETF related trading pushed US electronic credit trading to another record in April.
TRACE volumes for investment grade...
FILS 2024: Opportunities in EM – but some dispute over diversification
Despite growing concern over military conflicts, emerging markets, being a broad swathe of geographies offer a range of potential investment opportunities, if you know...
Platforms: What the winners are doing right
A few platforms have consistently gained buy-side confidence over the last five years, through smart assistance and simplification of trading workflow.
The three ‘O’s of...
Goldman Sachs hit 12-year record for Global Markets in 2021
Goldman Sachs has seen its Global Markets division generate net revenues of US$22.08 billion, the highest annual net revenues in 12 years, which the...
Data – Can buy-side firms share bond-trading data?
Asset managers agree they need access to more trading data, but have struggled to share it effectively between themselves.
The paucity of access to bond...
7 Chord and Bonds.com partner to deliver executable pricing data
Bonds.com and predictive pricing and analytics firm 7 Chord have partnered to combine bonds.com’s executable pre-trade pricing data with BondDroid AI, 7 Chord's real-time...
Dealer engagement in multi-dealer platforms is growing
Sell-side firms appear to be increasing their engagement with corporate bond trading platforms. The narrative of increased bilateral trading between dealers and clients...
Market structure: The alternatives in market making
The DESK profiles five of the major electronic liquidity providers.
Given the strains on market making in fixed income, it is vital that buy-side desks...
Europe’s record IG credit issuance could boost electronic trading
January was a record month for investment grade bond issuance in Europe, with shorter-dated driving this activity. According to analyst firm CreditSights, shorter maturity...
Alexander Sedgwick joins S&P Global
S&P Global Market Intelligence has appointed market-structure specialist Alexander Sedgwick as executive director on its municipals & fixed-income commercial team in New York.
Sedgwick arrives...
Greenwich: Data analytics now more valued than market structure knowledge
Three out of four capital markets professionals say data analysis will be the most valued skill on trading desks over the next five years,...
