MarketAxess Q2 update: Claims 20% share global credit trading; portfolio trading ‘flattened out’
MarketAxess has reported its Q2 results for 2022, including a record composite corporate bond market share, estimated at estimated 20.2%, up from 17.8% in Q1 2021...
IHS Markit claims Liquidnet clients see transaction cost savings of 87%
By Shobha Prabhu-Naik.
Information provider IHS Markit claims that buy-side firms trading all-to-all receive 87% transaction cost savings, by trading on Liquidnet Fixed Income.
IHS Markit...
Catton promoted at BlackRock; Shah joins DB, Framjee poached by Morgan Stanley
Dean Catton has been named head of European credit trading at BlackRock following the departure of Nikhil Sethi. His new position puts him in...
Tradeweb founder and Broadridge to launch bond trading venue
Broadridge Financial Solutions has conducted live trades on a new artificial intelligence (AI)-driven corporate bond trading platform, LTX, developed in partnership with Jim Toffey,...
ESMA “largely maintains approach” on MiFIR Review bond transparency
In the latest publication under the MiFIR Review, ESMA has issued its final report on bond transparency and reasonable commercial basis.
Changes have been made...
Ancoa clients voice concerns about platform limitations
Kurt Vandebroek has stepped down as CEO of surveillance software provider Ancoa, at a period when concerns have begun to emerge from some of...
TradingScreen and Imagine Software to merge; Flatley named CEO of new entity
Private equity firm Francisco Partners, which The DESK revealed has acquired TradingScreen, a provider of trading execution and order management software, is to merge...
NatWest, Santander with Fnality, Nivaura and Adhara execute cross-chain Ethereum debt transaction
Three UK financial technology firms, Fnality, Nivaura and Adhara, in collaboration with European banks Santander and NatWest have completed a pilot, proof of concept...
The greatest surprises in bond trading of the last decade
The DESK asked interviewees from its ‘On The DESK’ profile interviews of the last ten years to assess the most surprising changes they had...
BlueCrest hit by £40m fine by FCA
Fund manager BlueCrest has been fined just over £40 million by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for inadequate disclosures to investors, regarding its...
Tellimer launches end-of-month emerging market bond pricing data
Tellimer Group and information, data & technology provider has launched end-of-month emerging market (EM) bond price data on its global research and data platform,...
Viewpoint: Mike Googe & Ravi Sawhney, Bloomberg
Fixed income TCA: The state of the art.
Scratching the surface of buy-side transaction cost analysis use reveals demand for very tailored metrics, as Mike...
