On the DESK : Vincenzo Vedda : DWS
Heading into a stormy 2019, traders need both confidence and evidence to achieve their goals.
What do you think a bond trader in 2018 needs...
Credit : Falling through the gaps
Asset managers fight for high-touch coverage
Relationship management between buy- and sell-side firms is more necessary than ever, as the push to electronic trading risks...
Derivatives : Migrating benchmarks : Dan Barnes
LIBOR: WHEN TO JUMP ON THE SOFR
The transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) to overnight indexed swap rates is moving, but when...
Industry viewpoint : MTS
Work smarter with MTS Auto Execution – trade automation at your fingertips
Paul O’Brien, Senior Product Manager at MTS Markets
Automation has become so imbedded in our everyday...
Industry viewpoint : smartTrade : Benjamin Becar
Finding solutions
Benjamin Becar, Fixed Income Product Manager at smartTrade Technologies, speaks to The DESK about how technology is key to overcoming buy-side fixed income...
Industry viewpoint : Mark Russell : Tradeweb
A new era of intelligent execution
By Mark Russell, Head of Credit, Europe, Tradeweb
Electronic trading has earned its place as an indispensable part of fixed income...
Industry viewpoint : UBS : Giuseppe Nuti
Fixed income: Exploring alternative uses of machine learning
By Giuseppe Nuti, Managing Director, Global Head of the Central Risk Book and Data Analysis at UBS.
Advances in machine learning...
Lead : Best execution : Dan Barnes
The best execution conundrum
Market structure, risk trading and the nature of time-limited instruments make reporting of best execution for bonds a challenge. Dan Barnes...
Rates : Fully automatic? : Dan Barnes
Market volatility may shift rates back to voice in 2019
If predicted volatility pushes firms towards voice trading next year, rates traders will suffer from...
Technology : Trader engagement : Dan Barnes
Helping traders to think like engineers
The gap between the technology a trading team wants and the technology it gets is often wide; helping them...
