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‘Resurgence’ in fixed income in 2023 drove e-trading in December

Electronic trading platforms saw a big boost to trading volumes in December, finishing off a great year for fixed income. Tradeweb Tradeweb Markets has reported a...

Why buy-side firms are building their own primary market tools

Interoperability is not a competitive issue; clients will build it if platforms do not supply it. There is not a consensus on who should make the bond...

Industry viewpoint: A fully formed market from day one

Angelo Proni, CEO at Euronext Group’s MTS explains how electronic market making will increase transparency and liquidity of EU debt instruments and make them...

Research reveals deep divisions in trading style set by AUM and geography

Larger firms are able to take advantage of more bespoke trading opportunities, but location matters. The DESK’s latest trading protocols research has found that the...

On The DESK: Divide and conquer

The DESK interviews the team delivering continuous management of trading, for the world’s largest collective assets under management. • Dan Veiner is Co-Head of Global...

The right tools for trading: Tim Monahan, ICE

Tim Monahan, senior director of product management at ICE explains how ICE continues to develop services and products that better support traders in fixed...

SOLVE’s Ticker boosts muni market price transparency

SOLVE, provider of pre-trade quotes data across fixed income markets, has rolled out ‘Ticker’, its municipal market data offering as part of the SOLVE...

Ballooning margin costs hobble US treasury basis trade returns, research finds

Institutional investors betting on yield spread fluctuations between US treasuries are facing ballooning margin costs, new research from derivatives analytics firm OpenGamma reveals. Rising margin...