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Acadian’s Michael Doros on the future of systematic credit trading
As credit markets become increasingly electronic, systematic managers are gaining new opportunities to scale research, improve execution, and optimize portfolios in real time. Traders...
LCH expands CGB collateral eligibility
LCH has expanded the range of offshore Chinese govies (CGBs) that it accepts as non-cash collateral, with Renminbi-denominated now eligible.
Euro- and US dollar-denominated CGBs...
Tradeweb leads US credit e-trading in June
Tradeweb pulled ahead in electronic US credit trading last month, with average daily volumes (ADV) reaching US$10.5 billion.
As a reminder, we also provide market-assessed...
MarketAxess to develop new issue ecosystem
MarketAxess, the operator of a fixed-income electronic trading platform, is developing an ecosystem to give clients access to primary markets and the ability to...
Broadridge sees slow DLR growth in June
Broadridge’s Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) platform processed US$7.5 trillion in June, with average daily volumes of US$357 billion.
Total volumes mark a 68% increase year-on-year,...
IMTC partners with ICE Bonds
Fixed income liquidity from ICE Bonds is now available on the IMTC platform.
Mutual clients will be able to access BondPoint and TMC, ICE Bond’s...
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Acadian’s Michael Doros on the future of systematic credit trading
As credit markets become increasingly electronic, systematic managers are gaining new opportunities to scale research, improve execution, and optimize portfolios in real time. Traders...
Invesco: Kaizen and the art of trading
Running one of the leanest teams on the street, Ray Uy’s traders amplify their firm’s investment ideas by combining deep relationships, cutting edge technologies...
The accelerating boat to China: A faster route for traders
China offers investors a wealth of opportunity, with the caveat that markets are not fully open. Where the authorities are cautious about changes to market...
Eurex sees lit credit future liquidity migrate to dark
The Bloomberg / Eurex credit futures conference in mid-January 2026 had all seats taken and attendees standing in the aisles. That bursting enthusiasm was...
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Trading Intentions Survey: Data and protocol innovation are the battlegrounds for...
The 2026 Trading Intentions Survey has found that data is the most hotly-contested field in supporting corporate bond trading today, while analysis of trading...
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Oppenheimer veteran joins Dinosaur Financial
Dinosaur Financial Group has appointed Robert Rahman as global head of credit within its newly-launched global corporate credit securities (GCCS) division.
GCCS aims to be...
Origination: IDB starts the year with a US$5.1 billion bang
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has begun the year by issuing a total US$5.1 billion across three currencies.
The IDB funds the public sectors of...
Securities Financing : India : Lynn Strongin Dodds
India’s lacklustre corporate bond market gets a boost.
Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at government initiatives and stock exchanges efforts to bring the market to life.
The...
SocGen promotes Braham
Mohamed Braham has been promoted at Societe Generale CIB, being named as head of global markets, and APAC head of fixed income and currencies...
Primary markets start 2023 with top ten hit
Bond issuance for US investment grade on 3 January 2023 was the tenth largest day on record, according to data from Dealogic.
While January is...
August: US Treasuries record first trillion-dollar ADNV
US Treasuries had their first trillion-dollar month in August thanks to a surprise rate hike from the Bank of Japan and ongoing fiscal uncertainty...
FX Chartpack – Looking for risk premia
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Global FX Strategy - FX Chartpack: Looking for risk premia
BondVision prepares for T+1 shift
MTS’s BondVision (part of the Euronext group) has updated its default settlement offset to T+1.
In anticipation of the North American transition to a shortened...
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...
Tradeweb electronifies swaption termination
Tradeweb has completed the industry’s first fully electronic swaption termination.
Swaption terminations allow market participants to manage and reduce their existing swaption positions. As the...
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)...
Exploding post-MiFID II data myths
Gareth Coltman, Head of European Product Management at MarketAxess spoke to The DESK about the real impact MiFID II will have upon the data landscape.
How...
