Understanding Portfolio Trading
Li Renn Tsai, Head of Products and Sales, Asia, at Tradeweb explains how Portfolio Trading can improve bulk trades of bonds by creating cost savings,...
BondAuction and NowCM partner to support primary market access
BondAuction and NowCM, the primary market platform, are establishing connectivity between their platforms to offer connectivity for respective clients and users.
NowCM and BondAuction will...
Securities financing conditions tightened somewhat while market making activity gained, ECB says
The Desk has analyzed the December 2024 survey on credit terms and conditions in euro-denominated securities financing and OTC derivatives markets (SESFOD), which provides...
AXA IM appoints Yannig Loyer as global head of trading
AXA Investment Managers has appointed Yannig Loyer as global head of trading. In a statement the firm observed this is a “key role given...
FILS Day 2: Heat around the consolidated bond tape
One of the more positive messages from the second day of the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit (FILS) was regarding positive progress on the development...
Bond trading boosts BNP Paribas’s FICC revenues
BNP Paribas’s investment bank delivered double digit revenue growth in 2019, with revenues for Fixed Income Currencies and Commodities (FICC) up by over 30%....
Bloomberg tops ESMA’s bond venue report for ISIN count in Q4 2023
The European and Securities Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its report on the highest volume traded for individual bonds, tracked by International Securities Identification...
Axess All Prints: Real-time trade-level transparency for EU & UK markets
MarketAxess reveals how it has enhanced its original EU & UK trade tape, Axess All, to deliver a new level of transparency for clients and...
Headache or opportunity?
The UK is carving out its own path in financial services. Gill Wadsworth assesses the divergent gameplan the government is developing.
In May 2022, the...
The enduring popularity of ‘Don’t Panic’
The phrase ‘Don’t Panic’ crops up frequently in comic fiction, notably in Douglas Adams’ book ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ and in 1970’s British...
APAC trading recovery is far from even
The recovery from last year’s market sell-off and the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic appears to have been marked in many regions, with volumes for both...
LCH Group to assume full ownership of LCH SA from Euronext
Euronext is to sell its 11.1% stake in LCH SA, the French subsidiary of LCH Group, for €111 million, to majority stake holder LCH...
