Tag: Portfolio trading
MarketAxess and Tradeweb beat TRACE in December slowdown
US electronic credit activity cooled into year-end. On FINRA’s TRACE tape, combined US investment-grade (IG) and high-yield (HY) average daily volume (ADV) was US$42.6 billion in December, down 20.2%...
This Week from Trader TV: Sarah Harrison, Allspring Global Investments
Shifting EU-US credit valuations, navigating data gaps, and the rise of portfolio trading
Sarah Harrison, senior portfolio manager at Allspring Global Investments, discusses the firm’s...
Trumid’s US electronic credit volume in sight of MarketAxess’ and Tradeweb’s
US electronic credit activity accelerated in September as primary-market heavy issuance spilled into secondary trading. On FINRA’s TRACE tape, combined US investment-grade and high-yield...
Insights & Analysis: Technology upends traditional credit trading liquidity patterns, Barclays...
In a recent research note Zornitsa Todorova, head of FICC research at Barclays contends that with over half of IG volumes now electronic, systematic...
US electronic platforms’ credit activity plateaued in July
Tradeweb now narrowly leads over MarketAxess in fully electronic US IG+HY trading, Trumid said it continues to gain market share.
Average daily volume reported on...
US electronic platforms’ credit activity cools further in
Average daily volume reported on TRACE for US investment grade (IG) and high yield (HY) dropped a further 9% month-on-month (MoM) in June to...
Trading protocol gains bolster liquidity sourcing
Perspectives vary as to which newer methods of buying and selling bonds will most help institutional traders in the next year, but there is...
The elasticity of the bond market as Citadel accelerates competition
Bond markets have proven highly resilient in 2025 whilst demonstrating a significant level of adaptation across different ways of trading.
Kicking off the US Fixed...
Barclays: European portfolio trading to hit 18% in three years
Portfolio trading share in Europe’s investment grade market could get closer to that of the US from its current 10–12% level in volume to...
Fixed Income Automation Surge: 60% of Credit Traders Now Use Robots
The electronification of fixed income markets is accelerating, driven by increased adoption of automated trading systems, with 60 per cent of credit market participants...
