Market gives cautious response to Sweden’s ‘detail-lite’ MiFID II deal
The Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union (Council) reached a last-minute agreement with the EU Parliament on proposed changes to the...
Less distressed debt
The risks of default in high yield credit are one reason cited for reduced sell-side trading activity in the asset class. However, while the...
BoE’s limited window could punish the gilt-y
The Bank of England’s limited UK government bond (gilt) purchase operations have been confirmed to close on Friday, putting tight brackets around buy-side firms’...
ION integrates fixed income solutions into XTP Execution
ION has integrated its fixed income solutions with its XTP Execution service, expanding client access to futures markets for trading and market data.
ION’s XTP...
AFME: EU retail investor proposals may negatively impact wholesale markets
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has outlined its concerns with the European Commission’s Retail Investment Strategy (RIS), with some of the...
Why India’s bond markets may bloom in June
Inclusion in one major index could see Indian markets boost investment and liquidity, with more in January 2025.
Following the victory of the BJP in...
Opening the black box: SOLVE’s new AI claims to predict ‘next-trade’ bond prices
SOLVE, provider of pre-trade quotes data across fixed income markets, has rolled out an artificial intelligence platform (AI) that is designed to predict the...
MarketAxess’s 2020 revenues up nearly 35%
Electronic bond market operator, MarketAxess, has reported revenues in 2020 were up 34.8% on 2019 to US$689.1 million, compared to US$511.4 million for the...
Viewpoint: Ruben Costa-Santos & Milan Borkovec
Fixed income analytics comes of age.
By Ruben Costa-Santos, Head of Multi-Asset Analytics, and Milan Borkovec, Head of Analytics Quantitative Research at Virtu Financial.
Under MiFID...
MiFID II has fallen short on transparency say traders
MiFID II has fallen short on transparency and will potentially create tiered access to market information, says Juan Landazabal, global head of fixed income...
European credit volumes plummet as US stays buoyant
European corporate bond markets have seen trading volumes and trade count collapse going into summer, as the holiday period provides some respite for tired...
How a partnership led by innovation is helping benefit investors
Tradeweb and Generali Investments have worked carefully to engineer maximum change with minimal risk to better support the asset manager’s clients.
Enrico Bruni, head of Europe...
