CME to launch corporate bonds and MBS on BrokerTec Quote
CME Group will launch repo on corporate bonds and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) on BrokerTec Quote, the firm’s dealer-to-client (D2C) request-for-quote (RFQ) trading platform. US...
Price volatility in credit
We saw a big drop in average bid-ask spreads (>7%) for US investment grade (IG) last week, possibly a response to the massive levels...
Credit Market Structure Alliance: The real market agenda
The CMSA, invitation-only event, is setting an agenda based on market professionals’ concerns, and has captured a groundswell of interest.
The DESK: What has been...
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Securitisation veteran jumps to Piper Sandler
Piper Sandler has appointed Mary Stone as managing director and co-head of the structured finance group.
Based in New York, she shares the role with...
FILS USA 2022: Can traders get a single view of a fragmented market?
Scaling up the ability of the trading desk to process orders – either by size of the orders, or the number of tickets the...
GAM in talks with Newgame after unsuccessful Liontrust bid
Global Asset Management (GAM) has entered into talks with investor group Newgame after the mooted Liontrust bid is now expected not to materialise.
The “constructive...
Seeing through the pricing mirage
Traders and PMs found real value in using axes over onscreen prices during the recent liquidity crisis.
Neptune’s streaming of dealer axes continues to grow in value...
ICE Data fine is symptomatic of bond data challenge
ICE Data Pricing & Reference Data (PRD) has been fined by US$8 million by US market regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), for...
FILS USA 2022: Exciting evolutions for trading protocols
Reaching out into the market to find the other side of a trade is contingent upon the right approach, be that a particular trading...
Liquidity provider profile: Millennium Advisors
The DESK looks at fixed income liquidity providers business models in depth.
This month, we spoke with Millennium Advisors' Laurent Paulhac, group CEO and Caroline...
FILS 2022: Dealers address Project Amber, streaming prices and increasing competitiveness
Market making has not fully matched buy-side demand in 2022, with trading desks voicing ongoing concern about bidless markets in some areas of fixed...
First rise in sell-side FICC revenues for five years
The first quarter of 2017 saw a recovery in dealer revenues in fixed income, currencies and commodities, rising 19% against Q1 2016 revenues according...
