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Euronext’s vision for European fixed income

An interview with Fabrizio Testa, Head of Fixed Income Trading at Euronext. What are the components of Euronext’s fixed income offering today? Following the acquisition of...

The positive impact of desktop interoperability on trade execution – David Rickard

Traders can add more value in analysis and decision-making than they can as connections between systems. Removing operational bottlenecks allows buy-side traders to provide better...

Get it together: Traders seek primary market harmony

With issuance expected to stay high in 2022, traders appeal for a streamlined approach to primary market interfaces. The level of global bond issuance in...

Will the EC ban electronic bilateral bond trading?

The broadening definition of ‘multilateral’ is at risk of capturing all trading if traders do not speak out. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)...

On the Desk: Malin Norberg on buy-side trading with a P&L

Norges Bank Investment Management’s almost unique position, managing a fund with a single owner, allows it a very innovative way of trading into the...

Research: Volatility has changed trading protocol choices in 2021

Buy-side trading desks have used markedly different proportions of trading protocols between passive and active portfolios this year compared to 2020. The DESK’s Trading Protocols...

The Agency Broker Hub: When multi-execution means best execution

Umberto Menconi, head of Digital Markets Structures, Market Hub, Intesa Sanpaolo IMI CIB Division In fixed income markets how do different execution models (principal, matching, agency)...

Delivering a liquid market for NGEU bonds, Angelo Proni, MTS

Q&A with Angelo Proni, Head of New and Domestic Markets, MTS Why is the NGEU initiative important for Europe? On 21 July 2020, EU leaders agreed to...