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Berry joins First Eagle
Edward Berry has joined First Eagle Investments as managing director for alternative credit.
First Eagle holds US$213 billion in assets under management as of 31...
ICE launches pre-trade analytics tool for fixed income buy side
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has launched a fixed income pre-trade analytics platform, ICE Compass, which the company says uses artificial intelligence to rank trading counterparties...
Bloomberg and DirectBooks collaborate on primary market workflows
Bloomberg and DirectBooks have announced a collaboration on automated primary bond market workflows is now live.
The collaboration brings together DirectBooks and TSOX, Bloomberg’s fixed...
Exclusive: TP ICAP launches RealQ to electronify block bond trades
TP ICAP has launched RealQ, a new credit trading and data platform designed to optimise block bond trading.
"We're focused on electronifying the part of...
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...
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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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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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Rules & Ratings: Rating agencies hit with US$49 million in SEC fines
The SEC has charged six nationally recognised statistical rating organisations (NRSROs) with failures to maintain and preserve electronic communications. In total, more than US$49...
Commerzbank’s CEO and chairman quit
Commerzbank has announced that its CEO, Martin Zielke, will resign early on the basis of a mutual termination following a period of poor performance...
Traders welcome India’s bond e-trading evolution as regulator shows teeth
The Indian bond market provides a conundrum for investment traders, who fight to gain access to liquidity and pricing information on behalf of their...
US rates volatility falls, volumes drop 20%
Average daily notional volumes (ADNV) were down 20% year-on-year (YoY) in US rates trading, falling to US$1.069 billion. Volatility dropped by 32% YoY to...
BGC buys embonds, lay-offs confirmed
Interdealer broker BGC has confirmed its May 2018 acquisition of emerging markets bond trading platform embonds, while several sources close to the firm have...
Trading in Mexico as it teeters on edge of investment grade rating
Mexico has faced a sharp deterioration in its sovereign credit standing within the space of just two weeks in May 2026, with two major...
E-trading platforms show mixed results in October’s market share battle
Electronic trading fixed income platforms saw a slight drop off in volume relative to October, but strong activity against the same period last year.
Bond...
Broadridge patents underlying BondGPT mechanism
Broadridge has been awarded a US patent for the mechanism behind its BondGPT and BondGPT+ solutions.
Through the solutions, multiple AI agents automatically retrieve and...
MeTheMoneyShow – Episode 15
This week, Dan Barnes speaks with Global Trading's Shanny Basar about fixed income ETFs. In these uncertain times, why are they proving so popular (in...
Electronic credit volumes stay firm in February
US electronic credit activity stayed firm in February. On FINRA’s TRACE, combined US investment-grade and high-yield average daily volume (ADV) reached US$65.3 billion, up...
Germany’s rates market comfort
Germany’s government bond market is in rude health, according to the latest analysis of sovereign debt by Andy Hill, director at the International Capital...
Ratings & Analysis: Cautious optimism for Hungary following Magyar win
Following the estimated 53.6% victory of the Tisza party in Sunday’s election, led by Peter Magyar, the market is establishing its expectations for the...
