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Industry viewpoint: Optimising the data pipeline for buy-side trading desks

Industry viewpoint: Optimising the data pipeline for buy-side trading desks

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Buy-side bond traders can enhance execution through a flexible data offering. The DESK spoke with Mark Heckert, ICE’s Chief Operating Officer of Fixed Income and...
Cash is king: investors seek refuge in USD

Cash is king: investors seek refuge in USD

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Institutional investors are clamouring for cash as they exercise caution around equities and fixed income over wider macroeconomic uncertainties, according to State Street Holdings...
Lead : Best execution : Dan Barnes

Lead : Best execution : Dan Barnes

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The best execution conundrum Market structure, risk trading and the nature of time-limited instruments make reporting of best execution for bonds a challenge. Dan Barnes...
Robeco builds out emerging market debt team

Robeco builds out emerging market debt team

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International asset manager Robeco has hired an Emerging Market Debt (EMD) team, consisting of portfolio managers Diliana Deltcheva, Richard Briggs and Nicholas Sauer. The trio...
UBS quantifies MiFID II ripples that will be felt across the pond

UBS quantifies MiFID II ripples that will be felt across the pond

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The DESK. Banks will see trading revenue growth fall by roughly 1.5% in 2018 due to MiFID II, and that pressure will sustain for at...
Are ‘People’ Worried About Inflation?

Are ‘People’ Worried About Inflation?

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By Jonathan Rick Director of Research, Tradeweb. Headline inflation in the U.S. hit 4.2% annualized in April, a level we’ve not seen since 2008. The...
Viewpoint: Nichola Hunter – The next big evolution in rates trading

Viewpoint: Nichola Hunter – The next big evolution in rates trading

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Q&A with Nichola Hunter at MarketAxess. What were the drivers behind the MarketAxess expansion into rates? There were two main drivers. One was to provide, primarily...
Credit : Back for good : David Wigan

Credit : Back for good : David Wigan

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Cautious optimism on Dodd Frank roll-back. The US regulatory response to the financial crisis has shifted trading risk from sell-side to buy-side desks, making reform welcome....
ESMA reports improving credit risk but Overbond warns on liquidity risk

ESMA reports improving credit risk but Overbond warns on liquidity risk

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has released its latest ‘Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities’ (TRV) report, finding that fixed income markets continued to...
BoE sets code of conduct for repo and securities lending

BoE sets code of conduct for repo and securities lending

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A new voluntary Money Markets Code setting out the standards and best practice expected from participants in the deposit, repo and securities lending markets...
Barclays bounces with strong Q1 trading revenues

Barclays bounces with strong Q1 trading revenues

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Fixed income trading revenues spiked in the first three months of the year at Barclays, putting the bank significantly ahead of the majority with...
TSE and Tradeweb respond to investor ETF demand

TSE and Tradeweb respond to investor ETF demand

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Tradeweb has connected to the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s (TSE) request-for-quote (RFQ) platform Conneqtor as demand for ETFs jumps up by a third in Asia....