November’s bumper month for fixed income e-trading
Electronic trading platforms have reported a bumper November for fixed income trading, with CME reporting interest rate average daily volume (ADV) up by 42%;...
EU-UK financial services regulatory framework to be agreed by March 2021
The draft Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the United Kingdom (UK) and European Union (EU), which has been supported by the Europe Union and...
FSB: Greater transparency, all-to-all trading and clearing could reduce rates markets dislocation
A paper by the Financial Stability Board (FSB), which coordinates international regulatory efforts to promote effective policies, has reported that dealer blame uncertainty over...
Better numbers: How desks can improve their data skills
As data use becomes more prevalent, trading desks need to introduce new skills on the desk either through training or new team members.
Twenty years...
Risk profiling electronic market makers after Jane Street, Jump re-rated
Last year, Jane Street and Jump Trading had their rating outlooks upgraded by ratings agencies, as they overcame potential hurdles facing their businesses. Electronic...
Bloomberg warns on SEC extending exchange rules into bond market communication protocols
In a letter penned by Bloomberg’s Gregory Babyak, global head of regulatory Affairs and Gary Stone regulatory analyst and market structure strategist, the market...
The Atlantic divide over high yield – is private credit biting?
Issuance of USD versus Euro high yield debt shows a significant split, based on Dealogic data, with US markets in 2024 issuing more than...
Did MiFID II spark a revolution?
An ‘all-star panel’ provided contrasting views on the pace of change being wrought by regulation and technology in Tuesday morning’s session, ‘Embracing a new...
S&P Global Market Intelligence boosts muni market coverage
S&P Global Market Intelligence’s integrated market intelligence platform now covers almost 6 million securities in the municipal market.
The firm has added 4.6 million municipal...
Trumid upgrades US corporate bond predictive pricing tool
Trumid launches its enhanced Fair Value Model Price (FVMP) tool, which aims to deliver predictive pricing for around 22,000 US corporate bonds every 30...
Investortools expands pricing capabilities with ficc.ai integration
The Investortools Dealer Network is set to expand its pricing capabilities by integrating ficc.ai’s live municipal pricing data.
By connecting to ficc.ai, clients will be...
Investor Appetite: Dutch pension move to DC triggers increased hedge rate ratios
Pension funds are preparing to move to a defined contribution model in the Netherlands, ahead of a mandatory switch on 1 January 2028. They...
