Barclays: European portfolio trading to hit 18% in three years
Portfolio trading share in Europe’s investment grade market could get closer to that of the US from its current 10–12% level in volume to...
Sherpa Edge Trading to close
Outsourced trading provider Sherpa Edge is to close. A statement posted by the firm said, “Efforts to roll-out buy-side trade execution have been challenging....
Portfolio trading sees first decline of 2025
Capped estimated investment grade (IG) and high yield (HY) portfolio trading volumes were the highest year-to-date in April 2025, representing approximately 10% of total...
Analysis: Market response to US Treasury’s increased borrowing needs
The US Treasury’s need to increase debt issuance, beyond market expectations, has had several effects. Firstly there was a ratings downgrade of the USA...
Bloomberg adds Credit Benchmark data to terminal; expands relationship with Lombard Odier
Bloomberg will make Credit Benchmark’s credit risk data – derived from the risk views of global financial institutions – available on the Bloomberg Terminal,...
Traders adopt automated workflows as eTrading expands from swaps into credit
In March TransFICC launched its eTrading service for interest rate swap (IRS) trading. We speak with Steve Toland, co-founder of TransFICC, about client adoption,...
Could buy-side share data?
Oscar Kenessey, head of derivatives, fixed income and currency trading at NNIP has suggested that sharing data between asset managers could help to overcome...
Jamie Crank promoted at ASX
ASX has appointed Jamie Crank as group executive for technology and data, effective 9th September.
The appointment follows “an extensive external and internal search process”,...
ICE to offer US Treasury securities clearing
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is launching a clearing service for US Treasury securities and repurchasing agreements, it has announced.
The Treasury clearing service will leverage ICE...
Long running CMA investigation concludes with 4 banks fined £100m
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has completed its investigation into anti‐competitive information exchanges in the UK government bond market, no names or details...
Clearlake Capital and Motive Partners to acquire BETA+ from LSEG
Private equity firms Clearlake Capital Group and Motive Partners have agreed to acquire the BETA+ assets from London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), encompassing the...
Trumid partners with Barclays
Bond market operator, Trumid Financial, has established a strategic partnership with Barclays. Barclays will join Trumid’s Trading Advisory Committee to collaborate on trading and...
