MARKET NEWS
TS Imagine taps OpenYield for bond trading
OpenYield has connected its all-to-all fixed income alternative trading system (ATS) to TS Imagine’s multi-asset execution management system, TradeSmart.
This will grant TradeSmart users access...
MarketAxess offers retail access to institutional liquidity
MarketAxess is opening up its institutional liquidity and pricing to retail clients through a partnership with AI investment management platform Moment.
Large wealth manager and...
BME FI turnover spikes, SIX Group drops
Despite BME’s fixed income trading turnover was up almost twofold year-on-year (YoY) in April, SIX Group saw a 7.3% month-on-month (MoM) decline in fixed...
Bissett-Johnson promoted at Deutsche Bank
Oliver Bissett-Johnson has been named head of EMEA ASL fixed income trading at Deutsche Bank. He is based in London.
Deutsche Bank reported €2.9 billion...
Muni e-trading hits surprise Q1 record
E-trading in municipal bonds was up 2 percentage points year-on-year (YoY) in Q1 2025, representing 20.6% of the market – beating the previous record...
Broadridge’s DLR grows at slower pace in April
Broadridge’s distributed ledger repo (DLR) saw average daily volumes reach US$368 billion, up 268% year-on-year (YoY) and almost 4% month-on-month (MoM).
A total US$7.7 trillion...
FEATURES
Eurex sees lit credit future liquidity migrate to dark
The Bloomberg / Eurex credit futures conference in mid-January 2026 had all seats taken and attendees standing in the aisles. That bursting enthusiasm was...
Human battles machine in JGB market
Participants say electronic trading of Japanese government bonds has reached an inflection point, but others counter that the death of voice trading has been...
Credit futures see OI and ADV increase more than sevenfold YoY
The adoption of credit futures as a mainstream credit trading vehicle is broadening across venues and currencies: US$ 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
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
Bank of England to embrace repo for liquidity management
Moving away from crisis-driven monetary actions, the Bank of England plans to manage liquidity through repurchase agreement (repo) practices rather than by purchasing large...
TradeTech Europe 2020 has been postponed
TradeTech 2020 has been postponed, with event organiser WBR making the following statement:
'We at TradeTech Europe 2020 have been working around the clock over...
Investor Demand: DCM deal sizes grow year-to-date
A total of US$3.7 trillion in DCM deals has been priced year to date, according to Dealogic data, up 11.7% year on year (YoY)....
Nominate now for the European Markets Choice Awards 2023
To gain real recognition in the front office, put your best foot forward with a nomination in the European Markets Choice Awards 2023.
Recognising excellence...
Automation in the life-cycle of a trade
By Oliver Clark, Head of Product Development, MTS.
The role of the fixed income trader is radically and rapidly transforming. As more workflow shifts onto...
Trivedi joins Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund, expanding asset allocation
Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund has seen the firm’s head of structured credit, Himani Trivedi, appointed to the firm’s portfolio management team.
Trivedi is...
Simon Bevan promoted at ING
Simon Bevan has been promoted to global head of eTrading at ING.
Bevan has 15 years of industry experience and has been with ING as...
MeTheMoneyShow – Episode 20
Dan Barnes speaks with Terry Flanagan about the market volatility and the impact of the US Presidential election.
Me The Money Show Episode 20 from...
Opinion: The turning of the (Green) tide?
Market opinion by Jannah Patchay, Markets Evolution.
This year’s City Week event, held on the 21st and 22nd September 2020, was notable for its focus...
FILS in Barcelona: Breaking up the monoculture
Diversity is not always visible, but its impact is. This was the key takeaway from the panel discussing ‘Launching new Diversity, equity and inclusion...
Vincent joins Kepler Cheuvreux’s commercial paper development
Etienne Vincent has rejoined Kepler Cheuvreux as the firm expands its fixed income services.
Based in Paris, Vincent will develop Kepler Cheuvreux’s commercial paper (CP)...
Ancoa post-mortem: Spend was over four times greater than revenue
Ancoa, the troubled market surveillance firm that went into administration on 5 May 2017, had an average monthly spend of £450,000 in 2017, or...
