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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...
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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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Lucid Capital Markets appoints Jamie Terranova
Lucid Capital Markets, an independent capital market firm based in New York, has appointed Jamie Terranova as managing director and head of fixed income.
Terranova will...
Origination: Issuer profile – EchoStar Corp
EchoStar Corp saw the largest proportional increase in notional debt outstanding in the technology sector in 2024, with a 509% increase, taking it to...
The positive impact of desktop interoperability on trade execution – David Rickard
Traders can add more value in analysis and decision-making than they can as connections between systems.
Removing operational bottlenecks allows buy-side traders to provide better...
The DESK’s Trading Intentions Survey 2020 : Trumid
TRUMID
Trumid has experienced astounding growth over the past year, with average daily trading volume in January up 325% over January 2019, reaching US$761m, which...
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Groes to lead consolidated BNP Paribas FICC business line
BNP Paribas has launched a fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC) global business line, bringing existing fixed income activities under a single umbrella. Arne...
Bond issuance platform eppf signs deal with DZ Bank
European bond issuance platform, european primary placement facility (eppf), has signed a new cooperation agreement with DZ Bank. eppf’s bond issuance platform will now...
GreySpark: FI markets will continue to see fragmentation based on all-to-all trading
A report by consultancy GreySpark has found that in 2020, global fixed income e-trading landscape has been defined by fragmentation in line with historical...
Citi clears CDS index option trades through ICE Clear Credit
Investment bank Citi has traded and cleared the first client-executed credit default swap (CDS) index option trades in the US through ICE Clear Credit,...
Business alpha – The confidence trick to liquidity
Getting the confidence of investors supports access to liquidity during choppy markets. By Ruth Emery
If your clients are sucking their cash out of a...
Digital bond issuance: From zero to US$1,500,000,000 in 12 months
S&P Global Market Intelligence has assessed that the digital bond market “remains a work in progress” as new bond issuance focuses on testing in...
Same trading costs, different year
The new year has seen trading volumes drop back to a similar level as seen in early January 2022, but in European credit, bid-ask...
Debt deals decline
Debt markets have seen a year-on-year (YoY) decline in deal activity in 2025, according to data from Dealogic, reflecting the pensive mood amongst corporations...
