Electronification nudging firms to single trading platforms FlexTrade says as Amundi opts for FlexTRADER...
Speaking to The DESK, FlexTrade EMEA managing director Andy Mahoney said the trend towards the electronification of fixed income has prompted firms to create...
Innovation through electronic trading
Dan Philip, Institutional Sales & Trading at Jane Street speaks to The DESK.
How has the bond market changed this past year, in the aftermath...
The DESK’s Trading Intentions Survey 2020 : UBS Bond Port
Adopting an agency approach has allowed UBS to deliver a service that has eluded many other banks via Bond Port.
As a result, the...
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How much credit should dealers get – and for how much risk?
There is a tension between best execution obligations and the longer-term value of a dealer supporting liquidity provision. Buy-side traders are aware that their...
Market data costs in spotlight under new FCA review
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a call for input (CFI) to better understand how data and advanced analytics are being accessed...
FCA begins CTP tender process
The FCA has opened applications for the bond consolidated tape provider (CTP).
“ one of the final steps in the process to establish enhanced transparency...
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...
MarketAxess’s 2020 revenues up nearly 35%
Electronic bond market operator, MarketAxess, has reported revenues in 2020 were up 34.8% on 2019 to US$689.1 million, compared to US$511.4 million for the...
The Fixed Income Leaders Summit: Debating a decade of change
The focused event delivered a communication hub that has supported the buy and sell side as they navigated market transformation.
“In 2014, this event was...
The Agency Broker Hub: How agency brokers are shedding their skin
By Umberto Menconi, head of Digital Markets Structures, Market Hub, Intesa Sanpaolo Group*
The agency broker has always played one of the principal roles on the...
Acuiti: Sell-side not confident on compulsory clearing timeline
Sell-side players are not confident in the introduction of clearing markets across cash Treasury and repo markets, concerned that deadlines are unfeasible, infrastructure is...
PIMCO to use Algomi ALFA for liquidity sourcing
PIMCO, one of the world’s largest fixed income investment managers by assets under management will begin using Algomi ALFA, the pre-trade data aggregator for...
