CCPs fight for buy-side membership
Few asset managers are buying into the direct CCP model. Fred Maple reports.
The fanfare with which central counterparties (CCPs) launched new membership categories for...
Automating the fixed income workflow: data is king
Automated trading is fast becoming the new normal in the global fixed income markets. Once considered too complex and nuanced for automation compared with...
SEC committee signals direction for US credit rules
New fixed income committee sees pushback on structural approach to resolving credit market challenges. David Wigan reports.
As European fixed income market participants get their...
Navigating the trade automation (r)evolution
By Mark Russell, Managing Director, Head of Credit, International, at Tradeweb.
No one can deny the power of innovative technology to disrupt and transform pre-existing...
Platforms: What the winners are doing right
A few platforms have consistently gained buy-side confidence over the last five years, through smart assistance and simplification of trading workflow.
The three ‘O’s of...
Major firms rally around software standardisation
Major firms rally around software standardisation
The new OpenFin operating system, designed for use in finance houses, has gained considerable support for an initiative to...
Quarterly European fixed income market analysis
Leveraging Trax’s vast market data set, the Trax Facts quarterly review provides a detailed analysis of activity across fixed income markets, including: Corporates, Agencies,...
Science vs. art: Where TCA adds value in fixed income
Picking the right transaction cost analysis methodology might improve best execution, but qualitative assessment must balance the quantitative, writes Flora McFarlane.
MiFID II obliges buy-side...
The syndication trader
A syndication specialist could improve operational efficiency and give asset managers greater control over primary market activity, writes Dan Barnes.
As primary markets evolve, a...
James Wallin: On valuing the desk
Proving and demonstrating the value of the trading desk at the very highest levels of the organisation creates a virtuous circle of investment and...
