Mizuho Securities looks to China expansion
Mizuho Securities, a subsidiary of Mizuho Financial Group, has submitted an application to the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRD) to establish a securities company...
UBS quantifies MiFID II ripples that will be felt across the pond
The DESK.
Banks will see trading revenue growth fall by roughly 1.5% in 2018 due to MiFID II, and that pressure will sustain for at...
Exclusive: Nichola Hunter to lead Liquidnet’s fixed income sales
Block-trading and agency execution specialist, Liquidnet, has appointed Nichola Hunter as global head of sales for fixed income.
Hunter will be responsible for growing client...
Buy side issues framework to standardise bond issuance
The Credit Roundtable, a buy-side lobby group for bondholder protection has issued an ‘Investment Grade Primary Best Practices Framework’ designed to improve bond issuance.
The...
FCA publishes new transparency requirements
The FCA has published its policy statement on the UK post-trade transparency regime for bonds and derivatives, effective 1 December 2025. Through the changes,...
October e-trading bond platforms; rates up, credit mixed
Electronic bond trading and data platform MarketAxess has reported its monthly trading volume for October 2021 was US$619 billion with credit trading down 4%...
Viewpoint : Gareth Coltman : MarketAxess
Smarter trading – Data and auto execution
An interview with Gareth Coltman, Head of European Product Management, MarketAxess.
How is automation manifesting on the buy-side desk...
Insight & Analysis: Eighty percent of liquidity disappeared from long bond future post 2...
Ten ticks’ depth of order book collapsed as liquidity providers fled unprecedented volatility, analysis from The DESK shows.
After an initial flight to safety on...
Luke Lau promoted at Northwestern Mutual
Northwestern Mutual has promoted Luke Lau to a portfolio manager for long duration IG corporate bonds.
Based in Illinois, Lau has more than 25 years...
The Book: Clearstream’s D7 hits €10 billion in digital issuances
Clearstream’s digital securities platform, D7, has reached €10 billion in issuance volumes. The firm reports that the service completes up to 15,000 new digital...
ABN AMRO Investment Solutions using BNP Paribas for outsourced dealing
BNP Paribas’s Securities Services business has been selected to provide ABN AMRO Investment Solutions with a range of dealing and middle office outsourcing services....
Glimpse Markets launches data-sharing for buy-side trading desks
Glimpse Markets, a new post-trade data sharing platform for fixed income, aims to turn data costs of the buy-side on their head, by providing...
