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What Mexico’s vol risk means for trading LatAm bonds
In Latin American (LatAm) markets, economic volatility may transfer into market volatility – most notably in Mexico.
In order to manage risk and seize opportunities...
Liontrust loses McLoughlin
Head of trading Matthew McLoughlin has resigned from Liontrust Asset Management.
McLoughlin has been a partner and head of trading at the active investment management...
MarketAxess holds US credit trading high ground in April volatility
A burst of spread widening and credit ETF related trading pushed US electronic credit trading to another record in April.
TRACE volumes for investment grade...
Bloomberg broadens EM bond pricing coverage
Bloomberg has expanded its intraday valuation (IBVAL) front office service to cover emerging market (EM) bonds on a 22/5 basis.
Launched in 2023, IBVAL provides...
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Declaration of dependence
US president to oversee financial institution regulation amid deregulation drive.
Executive orders signed by US president, Donald Trump, have given him oversight of all US...
The pretenders, and kingmakers, to the bond throne
Dealers are backing several new trading platforms who are fighting major incumbents for market share.
In the bond market, the trading platform landscape has been...
Electric dreams in global rates markets
Electronic trading between dealers and buy-side institutions is taking different paths in government bond markets, globally. Lucy Carter investigates.
“We have seen growth in the electronification of...
Trading Intentions Survey 2025
The battle for pre-trade analytics
The 2025 Trading Intentions Survey canvassed 40 buy-side trading desks across asset managers headquartered in Europe (52%) and the US...
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Trading Intentions Survey 2025
The battle for pre-trade analytics
The 2025 Trading Intentions Survey canvassed 40 buy-side trading desks across asset managers headquartered in Europe (52%) and the US...
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
Automation in the life-cycle of a trade
By Oliver Clark, Head of Product Development, MTS.
The role of the fixed income trader is radically and rapidly transforming. As more workflow shifts onto...
Trivedi joins Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund, expanding asset allocation
Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund has seen the firm’s head of structured credit, Himani Trivedi, appointed to the firm’s portfolio management team.
Trivedi is...
Retail investors add £125m to UK T-Bill market
Opening UK Treasury Bills to retail investors has introduced £125 million of investor capital into the market, according to PrimaryBid.
The capital markets technology platform...
Mizuho and Credit Suisse join DirectBooks
DirectBooks, the capital markets consortium developing bond issuance technology to increase primary market efficiency has announced that Mizuho and Credit Suisse have joined its...
DLT – What is the value in primary markets?
A recent study prepared on behalf of the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA) by Boston Consulting Group, Cravath, Swaine, and Moore LLP, and Clifford...
US credit jitters do not spill over to Europe, ICE data shows
In an environment of rapid market shifts and mounting uncertainty, recent ICE data reveals that while volatility in U.S. credit markets has surged, European...
FILS in Barcelona: Generative AI is not going to take our jobs – yet
In a discussion on the potential future impact of AI on financial markets, particularly fixed income, Venky Vemparala of FlexTrade and Plamen Mitkov of...
Asia’s Electronic Trading Wave Reaches Swaps
By Andrea Sbalchiero, IRS Product Manager, Asia at Tradeweb.
Electronic trading is on the march in Asia. One example is Japanese Government Bonds, where automation...
Fixed income leads the way for revenue growth at Euronext
Euronext saw record income and revenue in Q1 2024, up 8% YoY to €401.9 million.
In the exchange’s results call, CEO and managing board chairman...
Aegon AM wins short-dated investment grade bond mandates
Aegon Asset Management’s reports it has won two UK clients totalling £325 million for its short-dated investment grade bond strategy, with a further mandate...
Bloomberg expands dataset on Chinese green bonds
Bloomberg has made the list of Chinese outstanding green bonds aligned with the China-EU Common Ground Taxonomy (CGT) available to Bloomberg Terminal users.
This new...
ICMA says execution and order management systems are not trading venues
The International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) has responded to the European Securities and Market Authority (ESMA) consultation into the ‘trading venue perimeter’ by arguing...




























































