Credit Indices – Closing the Fixed Income Evolutionary Gap
Fixed income markets are evolving at pace, with smarter electronic trading protocols, more sophisticated, automated investment strategies and a greater availability of useful data.
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Investor Demand: Fixed income securities holdings fall in November; equities spike
Fixed income securities holdings fell by 80 basis points in November, according to State Street Holdings Indicators.
November results show that long-term investor allocations to...
House of Representatives hearing: Volcker link to bond illiquidity tenuous
Testimony given to the US House of Representatives on 29 March 2017 suggests the Volcker Rule cannot be directly blamed for poor liquidity in...
JP Morgan cleaned up in Q4 2023 fixed income trading
JP Morgan’s fixed income markets revenue for fourth quarter 2023 were US$4 billion, up 8% YoY, driven by higher revenue in the securitised products...
LSEG selling MTS and Borsa Italiana for €4.325 billion to Euronext
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has sold Borsa Italiana to Euronext for €4.325 billion, including bond trading marketplace MTS, which was a condition of...
AGI’s Böss: Margin compression and frustration with regulators
Doing more with less, and frustration with regulatory initiatives are the biggest stories for buy-side firms said Eric Böss, global head of trading at...
LIBOR risks growing
Philip Whitehurst, head of service development at clearing house LCH has warned delegates at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit to take FCA warnings seriously regarding...
The Agency Broker Hub: When multi-execution means best execution
Umberto Menconi, head of Digital Markets Structures, Market Hub, Intesa Sanpaolo IMI CIB Division
In fixed income markets how do different execution models (principal, matching, agency)...
Balancing short and long term liquidity provision
Best execution on a trade-by-trade basis is too simplistic a measure of liquidity provision; The DESK looks at best practice for longer term liquidity...
SimCorp incorporates FlexTrade capabilities into OMS
Order and investment management system (OMS/IMS) provider SimCorp, has partnered with FlexTrade Systems, the execution management system (EMS) operator, to extend SimCorp's Order Management...
BoE prepares for gilt shocks, opens CNRF applications
The Bank of England has opened applications for the Contingent Non-Bank Financial Institution Repo Facility (CNRF), preparing for further cases of gilt market dysfunction.
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The week in summary: Credit Suisse; fixed income liquidity; ‘Who died?’
This week has been very challenging for buy-side trading desks as broker-dealers struggle to price bonds, and uncertainty gripped markets.
“I was off Monday, came...
