The right way to trade credit
Of course, there is no right way to trade all credit, but there are clearly advantages in trading credit in such a way that...
APG selects FlexTrade for multi-asset execution
APG Asset Management (APG) has selected FlexTrade’s execution management platform, FlexTRADER EMS, to consolidate and streamline its multi-asset execution management capabilities.
APG, headquartered in the...
How UBS Bond Port gives traders greater control during market stress
Traders were empowered by electronic execution in the sell-off thanks to market innovation. The DESK speaks to Graham Cox and Nicolas Masso, Global Co-Heads of UBS Bond Port.
How...
Investor demand: Real money bids appear in US long end
Real-money buyers have started to bid the long end of the Treasury curve as systematic funds keep up their selling, leaving the long end...
Vive la revolution!
Securing the benefits of the markets’ democratic revolution.
By Mike du Plessis, Managing Director, Global Head FX, Rates and Credit Execution Services and Mark Goodman,...
Coalition Greenwich: E-trading boom to outpace market growth in 2025
Nearly half of US investment grade corporate bond trading was electronic in 2024 – and this is only the start, Coalition Greenwich says.
In the...
Primary ignition – at both ends
Politics are being sidelined in the battle for efficiency in primary markets for buyers and for issuers
The top operational priority for buy-side traders in...
CFTC Chair Behnam to Step Down Amid Regulatory Transition
Rostin Behnam, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has announced his departure after steering the agency through a transformative period in digital and...
Reducing trading costs under the UMR microscope
Asset managers able to assess their exposure to uncleared margin rules can significantly reduce their administrative and trading costs.
In July 2019, the Basel Committee...
How asset managers capture micro-alpha opportunities
Setting up your desk correctly can help to boost returns for funds and clients.
When an opportunity arises for a fund to improve its returns,...
Matthew Cousens joins Clear Street
Matthew Cousens has been appointed EMEA head of electronic execution at Clear Street. He is based in London.
Clear Street held US$49 billion in assets...
ICE Bonds sees record notional volume for portfolio trading
Market operator, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has reported record volumes for fixed income portfolio trading during the fourth quarter of 2020.
Over US$1.9 billion in US-based...
