CMA: ION takeover of Broadway looks likely
The UK’s Competition and Market’s Authority (CMA) has reported there are “reasonable grounds for believing that the undertakings offered by ION, or a...
Ediphy Markets launches Ediphy Credit
Ediphy Markets has launched Ediphy Credit, a service to help institutional asset managers access better liquidity in corporate bonds. Ediphy Credit combines data analytics...
BLOOMBERG: Supporting diversity and inclusion in trading
The firms who are part of this Bloomberg initiative discuss how it is benefitting investors and scoring goals in the governance space.
The DESK spoke...
Goldman Sachs adds streaming firm pricing to MarketAxess’ Live Markets order book
Bond market operator MarketAxess has announced that Goldman Sachs has committed to become a dedicated market maker and is actively contributing streaming prices for...
Greenwich: RFQ cuts convertible bond spreads in half
New research by analyst firm Greenwich Associates has found that the request for quote (RFQ) protocol is cutting the spreads made by the most...
BondWave’s fixed income engine integrates with ICE Bonds
BondWave, the fixed income system provider, has successfully integrated its Effi Markets tool with the ICE Bonds’ trading platforms.
Effi Markets provides access to indicative...
Neptune providing real-time bond inventory data to Charles River
Charles River Development and Neptune Networks are collaborating to provide buy-side clients of Charles River’s Order and Execution Management System (OEMS) with aggregated, real-time...
E-trading hesitation in European corporate bonds
Electronic trading infrastructure is growing in the European corporate bond market, but e-trading rates have stayed static from 2023 onwards, according to a recent...
Broadridge’s LTX completes integration with Charles River Development
LTX, Broadridge Financial Solutions’ artificial intelligence (AI)-driven digital trading platform, has completed a successful integration with the Charles River Investment Management Solution (Charles River...
The Book: Nomura pushes for digital bond settlement efficiency
Nomura Research Institute has settled a Japanese digital bond using delivery versus payment (DVP) for the first time.
Settlement risk is a key concern for...
Byron Cooper-Fogarty named CEO of Neptune Networks
Byron Cooper-Fogarty will become CEO Neptune Networks, the fixed income network for disseminating real-time axe data, and on 1 April 2024 with John Robinson...
The Agency Broker Hub: Future trends of retail-size fixed income brokerage and its relevance...
By Massimiliano Raposio, Head of E-Commerce Distribution, Market Hub – IMI CIB Division, Intesa Sanpaolo.
The purpose of this short note is to summarise our views on...