Implication of US bank downgrades on credit markets
Markets are truly feeling the economic pressures at present, with Moody’s downgrade to US financials on Monday following Fitch’s controversial downgrade of the US,...
High yield bond issuance relative to liquidity
A report by the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has found that primary issuance of European high yield (HY) bonds in 2023...
Tradeweb all-to-all for Europe after summer
Following the announcement of all-to-all trading on its US Credit platform, Tradeweb Europe will also be launching the functionality in H2 2017.
The system, 'Blast...
MarketAxess hit 21.5% of investment grade TRACE volume in Q2
Fixed-income market and infrastructure operator, MarketAxess, has seen revenues for the second quarter of 2020 increase 47% year-on-year (YoY) to US$184.8 million, up from...
Lower market volumes hitting platforms hard in June
Electronic platforms saw tough market conditions hitting volumes, reflecting lower trading volatility overall in the market, although Tradeweb was able to post net average...
Sterling dealers recommend SONIA as alternative to LIBOR
The Bank of England’s Working Group on Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates – a group of major dealers active in sterling interest rate swap markets – has...
Sarah Lambert joins Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Investments has appointed Sarah Lambert as a senior municipal trader. She is based in Boston.
Lambert has more than a decade of industry experience...
The DESK on Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed
The Desk's managing editor, Dan Barnes, was a guest on BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed, discussing the role of retail traders in the market,...
Technology: Desktop interoperability providers: What’s the difference?
Capital markets firms are improving trading efficiency via desktop interoperability technology, so we look at the different providers.
Desktop interoperability is not a new issue...
The DESK: Systematic trading
The DESK discusses effective systematic trading, the benefits to end investors, and the skills needed to create and run systematic workflows with Chris Minck,...
FILS USA: The complexities of routing an order
A great session on selecting trading protocols at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Boston, allowed traders to consider what really say behind counterparty...
Trade sizes rise in Europe, fall in US
The end of 2024 indicates is seeing quite different changes to trade sizes in the corporate bond markets of Europe and the US, according...
