MARKET NEWS
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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E-trading: Tradeweb takes lead in US credit for April
Electronic trading platforms are reporting another month of double figure volume growth in fixed income markets, with Tradeweb overtaking MarketAxess in US investment grade...
S&P Global Market Intelligence: Michael Richter on futures TCA
S&P Global: Looking to the future with its new TCA tool
S&P Global has provided sophisticated best execution and TCA tools since 2011 across a...
How much credit should dealers get – and for how much risk?
There is a tension between best execution obligations and the longer-term value of a dealer supporting liquidity provision. Buy-side traders are aware that their...
What bond traders need to know about today’s TP ICAP / Liquidnet deal
Broker dealer TP ICAP has agreed to buy block-trading market operator Liquidnet, with Nicolas Breteau, CEO of TP ICAP, putting the growth of Liquidnet’s...
Deus X Capital invests in APEX:E3
Family office-backed investment and operating company Deus X Capital has announced its strategic investment in big data analytics and AI focused firm APEX:E3.
The company...
The syndication trader
A syndication specialist could improve operational efficiency and give asset managers greater control over primary market activity, writes Dan Barnes.
As primary markets evolve, a...
Are European exchanges allowed to rival size of US markets?
The European Commission (EC) has opened an in-depth investigation into the proposed acquisition of Refinitiv by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) under the...
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...
Oscar Kressner joins Millennium
Oscar Kressner has joined alternative asset manager Millennium Management Global Investment, as a portfolio manager covering global macro investing. Millennium, which has US$56 billion...
RBC names Michael Mullholland director of leveraged credit sales
RBC has named Michael Mulholland director of leveraged credit sales, based in London.
Mulholland joins from UBS, where he was part of the firm’s leveraged...
Sourcing and connecting: The buy-side fixed income liquidity challenge
By Frank Cerveny, Head of Markets and Sales at MTS.
How can institutional investors find the liquidity to grow their fixed income businesses with the...
Industry viewpoint: Fabrizio Testa, MTS
Innovation in the age of electronic fixed income trading.
Fabrizio Testa, CEO of MTS
What trends have characterised the bond markets that MTS facilitates over the last year?
The...
