Acuiti and Eventus report: Complexity of trade surveillance shows ‘significant’ increase
Analyst firm Acuiti’s latest report, ‘Getting to the risk quicker: How trade surveillance leaders are dealing with an increasingly complex environment’ has found that...
Regulators to take tougher line on green bonds
Green bonds have become popular in recent years but the lack of transparency over how proceeds are invested has made some investors nervous. This...
Can you guess which market has seen the greatest fall in bid-ask spreads, year-to-date?
Two weeks ago, we asked what was crushing the US investment grade (IG) market’s bid-ask spread. However there has been an even greater reduction...
European Women in Finance Awards 2023 – Longlist Announced
After numerous nominations and a record field, the longlist for the Markets Media's European Women in Finance Awards (EWiF) is now finalised.
Covering buy-side,...
DCM deals substantially up year-on-year
Total deal size volume for debt capital markets, year-to-date is up 32% on 2023, according to data from Dealogic.
The trend in regional deals has...
Reg ATS: What does the proposed expansion mean for bond trading venues?
In late January the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules to bring more Alternative Trading Systems (ATS) that trade Treasuries and other government...
Siemens’ digital bond issuance bypasses syndicate banks
Siemens has become one of the first companies in Germany to issue a digital bond, in accordance with Germany’s Electronic Securities Act (Gesetz über...
FIX issues guide for MiFID II reporting of bond trades
By Flora McFarlane.
FIX Trading Community, which sets the messaging standard for trading messages sent between buy-side and sell-side firms, has published the final Recommended...
BNP Paribas Asset Management appoints new global head of trading
BNP Paribas Asset Management has appointed Inés de Trémiolles as global head of trading within its Global Trading Function. de Trémiolles will join on...
Making the impossible, possible
Confidence in pricing data supports entirely new ways of trading through multiple trading protocols.
The DESK caught up with Matthew Walters, head of product for...
OMS market: Vendors focusing on strategic sales pitch
Research suggests that an apparently limited interest in changing order management systems (OMS) on buy-side trading desks has been overcome by OMS vendors at...
CTP authorisation duration remains unknown
While the CTP selection process is keeping to ESMA’s intended timeline, there is still uncertainty around when the tape will be implemented.
Once a provider...
