MiFID II will push traders to renegotiate block approach
By Flora McFarlane.
Block-trading venues will multiply under MiFID II creating new challenges for buy and sell side say market observers. Venues trading in smaller...
House of Representatives hearing: Volcker link to bond illiquidity tenuous
Testimony given to the US House of Representatives on 29 March 2017 suggests the Volcker Rule cannot be directly blamed for poor liquidity in...
BTIC: Bloomberg terminal users declined in 2016
Spend on market data, analysis and news has topped US$27 billion for the first time according to Burton-Taylor International Consulting’s latest report. The findings...
How the Trumid takeover will affect Electronifie traders
All-to-all US bond trading platform Trumid has agreed to buy fellow all-to-all trading platform Electronifie. Upon closing, the deal will mean the Trumid user...
VedBrat named global head of trading for BlackRock
Supurna VedBrat, currently deputy head of trading and co-head for Electronic Trading & Market Structure at asset manager BlackRock will become global head of...
Obligation to clear could be delayed to 2019 for smaller derivatives users
For financial counterparties, and certain funds classified as non-financial counterparties, whose individual aggregate positions in over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives are €8 billion or below, the...
Citadel Securities making markets in Treasuries on Tradeweb
By Dan Barnes.
Citadel Securities has become a liquidity provider on the Tradeweb institutional US Treasury marketplace, for dealer-to-client trading. Citadel Securities’ expansion into Tradeweb’s...
CanDeal extends hours to reach European investors
By Aulia Beg.
Canadian fixed income platform CanDeal has extended its opening hours to capture more of the the European trading day. It will now...
Head of FI trading Harrington departs BMO Global Asset Management
BMO Global Asset Management has confirmed that Marc Harrington has left the firm as head of fixed income dealing. Harrington is a highly experienced...
Buy-side desks swing extra US$2.1 million into fixed income trading technology
By Sobia Hamid.
On average buy-side fixed income desks pushed US$2.1 million of additional budget into technology in 2016, according to new research from analyst...
