FILS 2018: Advent of AI sees traders reskill, retool
By Chris Hall.
Buy-side traders risk redundancy and irrelevance if they do not adapt to the opportunities for automation of fixed-income execution provided by new...
MarketAxess holds US credit trading high ground in April volatility
A burst of spread widening and credit ETF related trading pushed US electronic credit trading to another record in April.
TRACE volumes for investment grade...
BondAuction to introduce auctions for bond issuance by year end
BondAuction, a new platform to support bond issuance, is planning to have its system to support a new auction process operable by mid-2022 with...
Primary markets see gradual progress as Investor Access reaches 600 buy-side users
A quick straw poll of buy-side traders suggests most believe the electronification of primary markets has stalled somewhat, with twice as many seeing progress...
Bloomberg tops ESMA’s bond venue report for ISIN count in Q4 2023
The European and Securities Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its report on the highest volume traded for individual bonds, tracked by International Securities Identification...
Investor Demand: US tariff uncertainty prompts caution in Europe
There is great uncertainty around the severity of tariffs that will be introduced by the US this week, with UBS reporting client baseline expectations...
Simon McGhee joins Virtu Financial
Simon McGhee has joined Virtu Financial, the electronic market maker, covering exchange traded products and fixed income sales trading. McGhee has worked in the...
Bank of England to back the buy side in market turmoil
The Bank of England (BoE) will develop a new lending tool for non-bank financial institutions, starting with UK insurance companies and pension funds, which...
ISDA expands transparency exercise to European CDS
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has expanded its SwapsInfo derivatives database to include European credit default swaps (CDS) trading activity, enhancing transparency...
Morningstar analysis shows fixed income funds under the cosh with thin liquidity
According to a new report from market data specialist, Morningstar, the unprecedented interest-rate hikes across developed markets has left most bond categories deep in...
Investor Demand: Private credit set for another bumper year – but risks rumble
Global private credit markets will grow in 2025, Moody’s Ratings has predicted.
A number of factors are behind this growth, the firm’s report said, including...
LIST completes second phase of client migration onto Euronext Optiq trading platform
ION subsidiary LIST has completed phase two of the migration of its Borsa Italiana clients on to Euronext’s Optiq technology trading platform.
Following a successful...
