The liquidity bears’ picnic
If you are on the desk, there is often an inverse relationship between the tension you experience and the volume of people relaxing on...
Rathbone Funds adopts Charles River IMS and State Street Alpha Data Platform
Rathbone Funds, the London-based subsidiary of Rathbones Group, has selected the Charles River Investment Management Solution (IMS) to support their equity, fixed income and...
Low volatility hits Q2 MarketAxess earnings
Bond market operator, MarketAxess, reported revenues of US$176.3 million in the second quarter of 2021, down 4.6% against Q2 2020.
“Second quarter results were heavily...
Bloomberg Bridge: The low-lift, high-value all-to-all trading model
Bloomberg’s new ‘Bloomberg Bridge’ offering has launched in Europe and, supported by dedicated Goldman Sachs intermediation desks, has scaled its enabled user base into...
European buy-side to gather for European Fixed Income Trading Summit
Europe’s buy-side fixed income traders and portfolio managers will gather at the Four Seasons Milan on 2-3 March for Institutional Investor’s second annual European...
LedgerEdge integrates with thinkFolio
Trading ecosystem provider LedgerEdge has integrated with thinkFolio, the multi-asset class investment management platform from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The integration of the two...
Diligent and S&P Global Market Intelligence launch insights reporting service
Governance, risk and compliance software firm Diligent has partnered with S&P Global Market Intelligence to launch Diligent Market Insights Reporting.
The service provides reports on...
US vs Europe: The transatlantic divide for corporate bond traders
The DESK examines the different sizes, protocols and feedback traders can use on each side of the Atlantic to execute corporate bond orders.
While US...
Independent review finds no evidence of financial misconduct at CPIPG
Claims of financial misconduct made against CPI Property Group (CPIPG) by investment firm Muddy Waters, first raised in November 2023, have no evidence, an...
BrokerTec’s March average daily volume for US Treasuries up 11%
Market operator BrokerTec, part of the CME Group, has reported double figure growth in US Treasuries trading volume for March. More broadly, CME reported...
Exploding post-MiFID II data myths
Gareth Coltman, Head of European Product Management at MarketAxess spoke to The DESK about the real impact MiFID II will have upon the data landscape.
How...
Landazabal to lead trading at GAM
Juan Landazabal is to join Swiss asset manager, Global Asset Management (GAM), as global head of trading, according to an email seen by The...
