MARKET NEWS
Japan eyes on-chain JGB collateral
Mizuho, Nomura, the Japan Securities Clearing Corporation and Digital Asset have partnered to explore digital collateral management for Japanese government bonds (JGBs).
A proof-of-concept (PoC)...
MarketAxess veteran promoted in New York
Michael Baptista has been promoted to head of emerging markets North America sales at MarketAxess. He is based in New York.
MarketAxess reported a total...
Broadridge’s DLT repo volumes almost quadruple YoY
Average daily volumes on Broadridge’s distributed ledger repo (DLR) service reached US$354 billion in March, up 392% year-on-year (YoY) and 1% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ).
According to...
Bond Market Awards 2026: The Winners
Bond Market Awards 2026: The Winners
The Lansdowne Club, Mayfair, London — Thursday 16 April 2026 | Hosted by Dan Barnes and Josephine Gallagher.
For nearly...
US credit volumes set new record
Average daily notional volumes (ADNV) were up 10% year-on-year (YoY) to US$65 billion in March, beating a record seat in February. Average daily trade...
UST trading booms as volatility spikes
The US Treasury market hit record average daily notional volumes (ADNV) in March, reaching US$1.435 billion. This marked a 32% year-on-year (YoY) increase and...
FEATURES
Eurex sees lit credit future liquidity migrate to dark
The Bloomberg / Eurex credit futures conference in mid-January 2026 had all seats taken and attendees standing in the aisles. That bursting enthusiasm was...
Human battles machine in JGB market
Participants say electronic trading of Japanese government bonds has reached an inflection point, but others counter that the death of voice trading has been...
Credit futures see OI and ADV increase more than sevenfold YoY
The adoption of credit futures as a mainstream credit trading vehicle is broadening across venues and currencies: US$ iBoxx total return based futures traded...
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...
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RESEARCH
Bond traders predict data science/AI use explosion in 2026
The DESK’s Corporate Bond Liquidity Access Survey, supported by LTX, finds trading desks are on the cusp of change.
Buy-side traders see 2026 as a turning...
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Plan to replace Dodd-Frank formally introduced in House of Representatives
The chairman of the Financial Services Committee in the US House of Representatives, Jeb Hensarling, has formally introduced the Financial CHOICE Act, a proposed...
BNP Paribas Asset Management appoints new global head of trading
BNP Paribas Asset Management has appointed Inés de Trémiolles as global head of trading within its Global Trading Function. de Trémiolles will join on...
JP Morgan cleaned up in Q4 2023 fixed income trading
JP Morgan’s fixed income markets revenue for fourth quarter 2023 were US$4 billion, up 8% YoY, driven by higher revenue in the securitised products...
Nicolas Pilorget promoted at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) has appointed Nicolas Pilorget as head of credit trading. He is based in Toronto.
Pilorget has been with the company...
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...
Bosworth Monck joins Aeon Investments advisory board
Credit-focused investment manager Aeon Investments has appointed Bosworth Monck to its advisory board.
Monck has more than three decades of industry experience, most recently spending...
Bond traders report screen prices are off by 10%
Several buy-side fixed income traders have confirmed that electronic prices are currently around 10% off the price that bonds are actually trading at, creating...
Europe’s liquidity rules are holding up… for now
New guidance on fund liquidity has followed redemption concerns in European equity and bond funds, writes Lynn Strongin-Dodds.
The risk that funds are unable to...
Crunch on liquidity costs
As bid-ask spreads begin to widen on both sides of the Atlantic, buy-side credit traders need to reassess how to best manage the crunch...
Bond platforms report record trading volumes for March
The March 2020 numbers are in for bond trading platforms MarketAxess and Tradeweb and both have seen record results, in a period that has...
Mosaic Smart Data and Limeglass boost research analytics for banks
Analytics provider Mosaic Smart Data and Limeglass, the financial research specialist, have formed an alliance to help banks analyse research reports associated with client...
Treasury market volatility drives spike in curve spread strategies
Volatility in the US Treasury market has prompted heightened trading on CME Group’s BrokerTecRV Curve, the firm has reported.
BrokerTecRV Curve, which facilitates the trading...
