McKinsey expects greatest FRTB impact on larger European banks
By Flora McFarlane.
The Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) will have a greater impact on larger European banks according to a new report...
OpenDoor launches all-to-all platform in US Treasury market
OpenDoor Securities has launched a trading platform focussed on the less liquid segments of the US Treasury bond market. Nearly three dozen firms representing...
CME Europe and CME Clearing Europe to close by year end
CME Group is to close its London-based derivatives exchange and clearing house, CME Europe and CME Clearing Europe, by year-end 2017. The announcement follows Nasdaq...
Connectivity platforms report FI deals ahead of MiFID II
By Sobia Hamid.
The growth of electronic trading in fixed income is driving connectivity between trading platforms. In 2016, Greenwich Associates estimated electronic trading of...
Tradeweb all-to-all for Europe after summer
Following the announcement of all-to-all trading on its US Credit platform, Tradeweb Europe will also be launching the functionality in H2 2017.
The system, 'Blast...
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...
On The Desk: Carl James: On changing trader culture
Moving to a data-led model of trading requires a change in culture across the desk, as Pictet Asset Management’s head of Fixed Income Trading...
Trading Intentions Survey 2017
The range of credit liquidity aggregation platforms used has increased, reducing demand for new connections.
About the survey
The DESK’s Trading Intentions Survey is global primary research...
Vive la revolution!
Securing the benefits of the markets’ democratic revolution.
By Mike du Plessis, Managing Director, Global Head FX, Rates and Credit Execution Services and Mark Goodman,...
