MARKET NEWS
Citadel Securities, Deutsche Bank and more back FairCT
Ediphy has announced five major investors for fairCT business, provider of the European consolidated tape for bonds.
Barclays, Citadel Securities, Deutsche Bank, TP ICAP and...
ICE sees record OI in Euribor options
The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) recorded record open interest in Euribor options on 1 June.
The exchange reported that open interest in ICE Euribor futures and...
CA veteran joins Citi
Citi has appointed Florian Eichert as a managing director on the sovereign, supranational and agency (SSA) and covered bond trading team.
He is based in...
Bloomberg boosts European portfolio trading credit services
Bloomberg has expanded its spread-to-benchmark quoting and trading for credit portfolio trades, supporting euro- and sterling-denominated trades.
Spread-to-benchmark quoting allows market participants to evaluate and...
Last Chance to Register: Regulatory Review Webinar
Join for a live webinar examining how surveillance decisions are reviewed after alerts are closed and what firms are increasingly expected to justify months...
Taylor leads AI strategy at MUFG
Stu Taylor has been promoted to head of global markets AI strategy (ex-Japan) at MUFG.
He is based in London.
Commenting on the role via LinkedIn,...
FEATURES
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...
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...
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RESEARCH
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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FROM THE ARCHIVES
European bid-ask credit spreads not assuaged by tariff roll back
Liquidity costs in European corporate bond trading remain elevated, after the tariff shock in early April saw bid-ask spreads widen significantly across markets, according...
Winterflood recruits Rigby
Matthew Rigby has joined Winterflood Securities as a fixed income trader. He is based in London.
According to Winterflood’s latest filings, made up to 31...
AiEX Opens New Chapter for Trading in APAC
By Laurent Ischi, Head of APAC Automation, Tradeweb.
When it comes to the increased adoption of electronic trading in interest rate swaps and other derivatives...
European Women in Finance – Rebecca Healey – It’s not the destination but the...
Rebecca Healey talks to Lynn Strongin Dodds about Covid, Capital Markets and Career.
How do you see your role in the current crisis?
The initial question...
BondWave upgrades platform
BondWave, the financial technology firm focused on fixed income solutions, has upgraded its portfolio and transaction analytics suite of tools with the release of...
UPDATE: Fed to end supplementary leverage ratio, talks down tapering
The federal bank regulatory agencies today announced that the temporary change to the supplementary leverage ratio, or SLR, for depository institutions issued on 2020,...
Developing liquid, sustainable markets in SOFR and SONIA
In conversation with Mark Rogerson, executive director, head of interest rate products, EMEA, CME Group
Momentum is gathering in the development of alternative reference rates...
FCA fines three broker firms £4.7 million market abuse failures
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined interdealer brokers BGC Brokers, GFI Brokers and GFI Securities £4,775,200 for failing to ensure they had appropriate...
The need to negotiate a consensus price
Request-for-quote (RFQ) remains the primary go-to protocol across electronic trading venues in corporate bond markets for buy-side traders.
Despite speculation that the electronification of...
SEC proposes regulation of high-frequency trading firms in US Treasury market
US market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has proposed regulation of high-frequency trading (HFT) firms, also referred to as proprietary trading firms...
Exclusive: New xBK head, Dragan Skoko, discusses BNY Mellon’s new outsourced trading
BNY Mellon has launched a new outsourced trading offering for buy-side institutions globally, including asset managers and asset owners.
The offering by BNY Mellon...
MarketAxess pushes muni e-trading with pricing engine expansion
Responding to growing interest in muni market e-trading, MarketAxess’s AI-powered electronic pricing engine CP+ is now available for municipal bonds.
Julien Alexandre, global head of...
