Credit : Information overload : Dan Barnes
Dealer axes: Can’t see the wood for the trees
A proliferation of axes and inventories are making dealer data hard to consume by trading desks....
SEC committee proposes TRACE block trading delay
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory committee met on 9 April 2018 to discuss a proposed pilot for a...
Allianz GI: On strength of voice
Effectively communicating across trading desks, teams, counterparties and industry is allowing Allianz Global Investors to stand out amongst asset managers. The DESK talks to...
Trading Intentions Survey 2018
Greater dependence vs reduced choice
The pipeline of growth is returning after MiFID II, with reliance on specific platforms increasing.
In 2017 the appetite for onboarding...
Uncertainty persists around process trades
A standardised approach to handling process trades would better support dealers. By David Wigan.
In mid-February, the European Securities Market Association (ESMA) published a formal...
The utopia of the consolidated fixed income tape
Lynn Strongin Dodds explains why Europe cannot look to TRACE as a role model.
Developing a consolidated tape for fixed income in Europe was never going...
When will T2S harmonise European bond issuance?
Target 2 for Securities (T2S), the ambitious brainchild of the European Central Bank (ECB) and Eurosystem, has the potential to lower the costs of...
Buy side reports price movement risk in Treasury trading
Automated trading and derivatives are changing the way US Treasuries are traded, exposing the buy side to high-frequency trading strategies. Chris Hall reports.
If big...
How to trade for alpha
Smart institutional trading desks can boost returns in support of investment management. Dan Barnes reports.
If institutional portfolio management (PM) and investment trading were separated in...
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...
