Great Expectations (on rate cuts)
The latest BofA Global Fund Manager Survey has found that 76% of respondents expect two or more Fed cuts in 2024 versus 8% who...
Trade size growth undercuts European bond market ‘equitification’
Since 2023 European corporate bond markets have seen trades size grow, as trading platforms report increasing volumes
“If we break down electronic trading growth in European...
Hunt: UK to set pension investment targets, launch market platforms and rebundle research payments
Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has set out the UK's plan for regaining its initiative in capital markets at his Mansion House Speech....
TP ICAP focuses on low-touch trading, Liquidnet and buy-side data provision
Interdealer broker and trading services provider TP ICAP outlined its future plans at its Capital Markets Day on Tuesday 1 December, to develop low...
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...
JP Morgan restricted from onboarding new venues and fined US$350 million
JP Morgan has been fined US$350 million and may not onboard new trading venues without receiving prior written non-objection from the Federal Reserve Bank...
Propellant adds TRACE data to global FI data platform
Propellant Digital is adding TRACE data to its global fixed income data platform, increasing its coverage of US and European bond and derivative data.
Vincent...
FCA appoints UK Secondary Markets Advisory Committee members
The FCA has appointed members of the UK secondary markets advisory committee for June 2024 to June 2026.
The committee supports the FCA’s work in...
Falling costs of liquidity not halted by summer vol
The bid-ask spread for corporate bond markets has continued on a downward trajectory in September, after a bump in August, according to data from...
Rutter launches ambitious new bond ‘ecosystem’, LedgerEdge
David Rutter, founder of US Treasury platform LiquidityEdge and CEO of distributed ledger group R3, has built a team of financial market and technology...
Trade size disparity in US credit speaks volumes about balance sheet
Analysis of trading activity in the US corporate bond market shows that investment grade (IG) bonds are seeing greater moves towards larger order sizes...
Landry leads German and Austrian markets at Citi
Sophie Landry has been named head of markets for Germany and Austria at Citi.
Based in Frankfurt, she reports to European head of markets Fabio...
