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...
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...
Securities Financing : US repo : Lynn Strongin Dodds
T-Bills swamp the market but repo stays afloat
Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the US repo market and how it is staying liquid.
Views are divided...
On the DESK : Dwayne Middleton : Morgan Stanley
The modern trader needs an all-rounder mentality, considerable flexibility and the power to be a decision maker.
Dwayne Middleton is head of US fixed income...
Credit : Back for good : David Wigan
Cautious optimism on Dodd Frank roll-back.
The US regulatory response to the financial crisis has shifted trading risk from sell-side to buy-side desks, making reform welcome....
Derivatives : Brexit : Fred Maple
The impact of Brexit on European versus US derivatives trading.
Could the aftershock of Brexit land a win for the US? Fred Maple reports.
Many of...
