UK proposes streamlined listing regime, confirms consolidated tape for bonds
UK market regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has set out proposals aimed at making the UK’s listing regime more “accessible, effective, and competitive.”
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Portfolio trading on the up: fixed income electronifies and sell-side sentiment down, says valantic/Acuiti
Sell-side fixed income participants are witnessing the deepening electronification of fixed income markets, according to a report from Acuiti in association with valantic FSA.
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Does trading performance need to be quantified to justify outsourcing?
An asset manager may need to assess the value that an outsourced trading provider offers using a range of measures in fixed income markets.
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Liquidnet expands continental Europe coverage
Block trading specialist Liquidnet, part of the TP ICAP Group, has expanded its continental European coverage by deploying specialists in equities and fixed income...
Review: Mixed bond trading revenues in choppy first quarter
Banks have seen mixed results from bond trading in the first quarter of 2023, across credit and rates, while electronic trading platforms have seen...
Algomi/Euroclear deal may open access to 373,000 bonds
Pre-trade data provider Algomi has significantly extended the universe of bonds for which it can publish trading opportunities, by signing a new agreement with...
Connectivity platforms report FI deals ahead of MiFID II
By Sobia Hamid.
The growth of electronic trading in fixed income is driving connectivity between trading platforms. In 2016, Greenwich Associates estimated electronic trading of...
UniCredit and ACTIAM join Trad-X’s dealer-to-client platform
Trad-X, the trading platform for interest rate derivatives, has added UniСredit as a dealer and ACTIAM as a non-dealer to its dealer-to-client (D2C) electronic...
The credit trading processes you really should have automated by now…
Automation has historically been highly challenging in corporate bond markets for several reasons, but traders say some parts of the workflow ‘ought’ to be...
EM in ‘limbo’ provides trading and pricing challenges
Emerging market bond funds have seen outflows continue to slow significantly, with Morgan Stanley’s analysts estimating it at US$1.8 billion, equating to about 0.42%...
