Will Irwin named FX institutional sales director at Lloyds Bank NA
Will Irwin has joined Lloyds Bank North America as director of FX institutional sales, based out of New York City.
Irwin joins from Spanish multinational...
Markets Media Group acquires DerivSource
New York & London, October 5, 2021 – Leading U.S.-based digital financial news publisher Markets Media Group (MMG) is pleased to announce the acquisition of DerivSource, the...
Quarterly European fixed income market analysis
Leveraging Trax’s vast market data set, the Trax Facts quarterly review provides a detailed analysis of activity across fixed income markets, including: Corporates, Agencies,...
Euro credit primary market “extremely dynamic” in August: AXA IM
The Euro IG corporate index spread finished August 84bps over asw – higher than levels seen at the end of July. Euro credit is...
ICE freezes bond indices until 30th April
The Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE’s) ICE Data Indices (IDI) has postponed the rebalancing of all the ICE and ICE BofA indices for bond, preferred and...
First quarter sees Tradeweb break US$1 trillion ADV
Market operator Tradeweb saw a US$1.06 trillion record average daily volume (ADV) for the first quarter of 2021, an increase of 18% compared to...
Danmarks Nationalbank now centrally clears repos at Eurex
Danmarks Nationalbank is now actively trading and centrally clearing repo transactions at derivatives market operator Eurex, which cites the onboarding of the first Nordic...
EC suspends best execution reporting which is “not read at all”
The European Commission (EC) has adopted a Capital Markets Recovery Package, as part of the Commission's overall coronavirus recovery strategy which includes increased leniency...
On the Desk: David Walker – Trading with your feet on the ground
David Walker, head of fixed income trading at M&G Investments, discusses no-ego trading, the importance of direct contact with markets, and strong banks relationships.
How...
The Fed’s TMPG begins consultation on clearing and settlement in US Treasury repo
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Treasury Market Practices Group (TMPG) has released a consultative white paper on clearing and settlement in the...
MarketAxess launches MKTX US Investment Grade 400 Corporate Bond Index
Bond market operator, MarketAxess, has launched the MKTX US Investment Grade 400 Corporate Bond Index (MKTX 400 Index). The launch of MarketAxess’ first tradable...
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...
