J.P. Morgan to invest in electronic credit trading
According to Troy Rohrbaugh, head of global markets at J.P. Morgan, the bank will be investing in electronification of credit trading where it has...
Europe’s record IG credit issuance could boost electronic trading
January was a record month for investment grade bond issuance in Europe, with shorter-dated driving this activity. According to analyst firm CreditSights, shorter maturity...
Tradeweb and FTSE Russell launch US Treasury closing prices
Tradeweb and FTS Russell have expanded their fixed income pricing partnership with the launch of Tradeweb FTSE US Treasury Closing Prices.
The service provides closing...
Dealers struggle to unpick impact of runs sent to rivals
Sell-side firms say that analysis of the accidental distribution of dealer runs, which happened on 4 December via Bloomberg’s Message service, is proving challenging....
FILS 2021: Next steps to automating the bond market
Data analysis, interoperability and flexibility are the top priorities for automating the bond markets, delegates at the 2021 Fixed Income Leaders Summit (FILS) in...
AxeTrading receives €2 million investment from Illuminate Financial
AxeTrading, a provider of fixed income trading technology, has announced a strategic investment of €2 million from Illuminate Financial Management, a venture capital firm...
MarketAxess to buy algo provider Pragma
Bond market operator, MarketAxess, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Pragma, a quantitative trading technology provider specialising in algorithmic and analytical services...
Liquidity provider profile: Millennium Advisors
The DESK looks at fixed income liquidity providers business models in depth.
This month, we spoke with Millennium Advisors' Laurent Paulhac, group CEO and Caroline...
Breaking blocks
Electronic trading is certainly on a growth spurt – Coalition Greenwich reports e-trading was 46% volume across all assets in 2021 – but this...
E-trading bond platforms outperform banks’ Q3 in fixed income trading
Market operator Tradeweb has seen a strong Q3 revenue against the same quarter in 2020, while electronic bond-trading MarketAxess has seen a slight decrease...
Carney condemns fragmentation of CCPs
By Flora McFarlane.
In his annual Mansion House speech on 20 June, Mark Carney argued against breaking up trading infrastructure, after the recent European Commission’s...
MarketAxess rides all-to-all and volume growth to record revenues in Q1
Bond market operator MarketAxess has reported Q1 2021 revenues of US$195.5 million, up 16% on the previous year and a company record. While Q1...
