SoftSolutions’ new testing-as-a-service environment live
SoftSolutions, the fixed income trading technology provider, has announced that a major Scandinavian bank is completing testing of the latest version of nexRates using...
Illiquidity creeps up in US credit… will e-trading save the day?
Looking at data on US credit markets, taken from MarketAxess Trax, which tracks trading across multiple markets and counterparties, investment grade trading volumes have been...
Europe IG credit trade size collapsed and has not recovered
Corporate bond traders has seen the average trade size reducing in Europe across both investment grade and high yield, suggesting that block trading is...
Predicting the future by looking at the past
Mark Pumfrey, Liquidnet.
Mark Pumfrey, Head of EMEA, Liquidnet says that drawing on past experiences can provide some guidance as to how a cause will...
FILS 2022: Itaú selects Genesis Global for new trade automation
Genesis Global, the low-code application development platform for financial markets organisations, will provide a new trade automation and client portal system for Itaú Securities.
The...
Credit: January sees largest average daily notional for US corporate bonds
January 2024 saw the largest single volume day and largest average daily notional volume (ADNV) month ever for US corporate bonds.
$75 billion of investment...
Burton-Taylor: S&P and IHS Markit merger creates intriguing synergies in data
On 30 November 2020, S&P Global and IHS Markit announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to combine in an all-stock...
Mike O’Brien made co-director global income at Eaton Vance
Michael O’Brien has been promoted to co-director global income at Eaton Vance, from his role as director of global trading, which he held since...
Raj Paranandi resigns from MarketAxess
European and APAC chief operating officer Raj Paranandi is leaving MarketAxess for an external role, the company has confirmed.
Paranandi has been in the role...
In 2021 we see record secondary markets trading for European Government Bonds
By Emile Figueiras, European Government Bond Product Specialist, MarketAxess
Secondary market volumes in European government bonds (EGBs) have grown significantly over the last 2 years....
EMIR refit: get ahead of upcoming changes
By Joanne Salkeld at MarketAxess
The European Commission's regulatory fitness and performance programme (REFIT) is aimed at simplifying EU legislation and reducing any unnecessary regulatory...
US credit trade sizes shrink in August
Average daily trade sizes across all US credit fell 12% month-on-month (MoM) to US$363 thousand after strong July performances, but still grew by 3%...
