Industry viewpoint: How to build a better picture of the global fixed income markets
Guido Galassi, Head of Data & Cash Product, MTS
In volatile market conditions, more accessible and meaningful data has become critical to navigating the path...
MeTheMoneyShow – Episode 11
In this week’s discussions Dan Barnes and John D'Antona focus on potential changes at the SEC and how the resurgence of retail trading has...
Smaller proportion of US Treasuries e-traded than previously estimated
Levels of e-trading in US treasuries in dealer-to-dealer (D2D) and dealer-to-client (D2C) markets have come into sharper focus thanks to data collected by FINRA...
MarketAxess reports record revenue in 2021
Bond market operator MarketAxess saw total revenues for 2021 increase 1.4% to a record US$699 million, compared to US$689.1 million for 2020. Operating income...
Strong quarter in fixed-income for European banks
European banks reported a strong showing in fixed-income trading during the final quarter of 2024, buoyed by elevated client activity across rates, credit, and...
ICMA: Buy side struggled to make margin calls as repo dried up
A new report, ‘European repo market and the COVID-19 crisis’ published by the International Capital Markets Association, has found that some buy-side firms had...
Scaling up EM Hard Currency trading with Targeted RFQ
In often illiquid and volatile emerging markets (EM), achieving best execution is a vital part of delivering on fund objectives. Increasingly, electronic trading plays...
Glimpse Markets and TORA connect to support buy-side traders
Glimpse Markets, the buy-side data sharing hub, has partnered with order and execution management system (OEMS) provider TORA.
By connecting TORA’s OEMS with Glimpse...
SETL open sources its code with new PORTL solution
SETL, the blockchain company, is open sourcing its core framework, PORTL, which it intends to speed up adoption of blockchain and distributed ledger technology...
Coalition: Dealer fixed income stabilising, in a tale of two quarters
By Flora McFarlane.
Analyst house Coalition’s latest report on investment bank activity has shown mixed results for fixed income, currency and commodities (FICC) in the...
Tackling the cost challenge in fixed income trading
In today’s highly competitive and cost-conscious fixed income market, small and medium sized institutions can struggle without the efficiencies of scale which large institutions...
Origination: Zeitenwende – German issuance to grow 40%
The new CDU/CSU coalition pivot from “Schwartze Null” -Zero Black- to “whatever it takes for our defence” is shaking European debt markets.
Following the CDU/CSU...
