How Omicron has shaken trading desks
Investors and analysts are urging a cautious response to the new Covid variant – Omicron – after Friday’s markets saw the Volatility Index (VIX)...
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Craig McLeod, Co-Head of EM, MarketAxess explains why Request for Market is electrifying emerging markets trading. This article all about data and why, as...
This Week from Trader TV: Laura Cooper, Nuveen
Nuveen: Navigating private credit shocks and the Fed rate cycle
Private credit markets are showing signs of strain, but risks remain largely contained, says Nuveen,...
Coalition Greenwich: Asian bond markets see electronic trading adoption accelerate
New analysis by research firm Coalition Greenwich has found that, while much of the e-trading growth in Asia to date has come via relatively...
Juggling the growth in CUSIPs
If the population of a country increased by 50% since 2014, you would think a housing crisis was likely.
Yet in the year The DESK...
Managing human capital in fixed income trading
As the fixed income industry evolves, so do the skills needed to succeed — and emotional intelligence is increasingly at the forefront of how...
Python eats traders
By Chris Hall.
Balancing man and machine will be the critical success factor for buy-side trading desks, delegates were told in Thursday’s head trader keynote...
EWIFA Winners: Team players
Bloomberg’s Paula Fry, Global Head of Fixed Income and FX Trading Liquidity and winner of Excellence in Leadership, with Katharine Furber, Global Head of...
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...
Coalition: FICC up 50% for banks in H1, rates revenues doubled
Banks saw fixed income, currency and commodities (FICC) revenues rise by 54.6% in the first half of the year according to analyst firm Coalition....
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’...
E-trading capabilities a growing muni market priority
Muni traders view electronic trading expertise as the most important skill set to add to the desk in 2025, according to a recent report...
