The interplay between the cash and derivative credit markets
For investors, the derivatives market is a potentially a rich source for investment returns and risk management. It can also be a valuable source...
When not to use portfolio trading
Portfolio trading cannot please all of the people all of the time.
The success of portfolio trading (PT) as a protocol has taken bond markets...
The credit trading processes you really should have automated by now…
Automation has historically been highly challenging in corporate bond markets for several reasons, but traders say some parts of the workflow ‘ought’ to be...
Systematic, hydromatic; can credit get as fast as greased lightning?
Some investment firms have claimed they can fully systematise credit trading by 2025, The DESK investigates.
Investment managers and banks are rapidly adopting systematic approaches...
Trading protocols: The pros and cons of getting a two-way price in fixed income
Getting a two-way price is unusual in fixed income trading, but normal in FX; that is changing and yielding some real results for best...
Trading: Loans and ABS: The fixed income markets time forgot
Trading in the less liquid parts of the fixed income market has remained relatively untouched by electronification.
Loans and securitised products backed by loans can...
Liquidnet’s trading desk reports peaks and troughs of block bond trading
Fraud fears, rumbles in the Chinese property market and oil and elections in Argentina are top of mind for block bond traders, reports market...
LatAm sees e-trading momentum with support for all-to-all
In Latin America, 46% of trading in corporate hard currency bonds is conducted electronically, according to research by analyst firm Coalition Greenwich, compared to...
Trading: Best practices for the sell-side desk
Buy-side traders do not have time to waste, so attention is key to a strong relationship.
We asked buy-side desks about the best ways their...
Exclusive: What do buy-side traders think about Citadel’s entry into credit?
We asked senior buy-side trading heads about electronic market maker, Citadel Securities, entry into the corporate bond market as a direct market maker, a...
