Dan Barnes
dan.barnes@fi-desk.comThe Editorial Director at Markets Media Europe, Dan strives to become an integral part of traders’ networks by ensuring they are informed and helped by the information we deliver. Dan wrote the world’s first article on predatory trading algorithms in 2004, and has won multiple State Street ‘Journalist of the Year’ awards in several categories. In his spare time, Dan makes longbows.
White paper: Is bond trading on the cusp of a change?
Ramon Baljé, Head of Fixed Income, FlowTraders, speaking at WBR's Fixed Income Leaders Summit, October 2021.
Analysis: Credit belongs to…
In 2021, electronic credit trading has seen a close fought race between two giants, MarketAxess and Tradeweb. While both have slightly different profiles, through ...
BondWave reports volume/liquidity paradox
Paul Daley, BondWave.
What banks' primary success can tell us about their priorities in 2022
When looking at the revenues of investment banks in Q3 2021, using Greenwich Coalition data, we can see that secondary market trading in fixed income is still far behind ...
The impact of trading long-dated bonds
Faced with the prospect of climbing rates, some investors will be looking to switch out of lower coupon bonds to capture higher returns. However, investors need to ...
FactSet’s work with GIC launches new fixed income trading capabilities
Rob Robie, EVP and global head of analytics and trading, FactSet.
7 Chord to integrate Glimpse Markets’ bond transaction data
7 Chord, an independent provider of predictive prices and analytics to fixed income traders, issuers, and investors, has become the first AI pricing vendor to enter into ...
How Omicron has shaken trading desks
Investors and analysts are urging a cautious response to the new Covid variant – Omicron – after Friday’s markets saw the Volatility Index (VIX) jump 10 points to 28, ...
Ferber says ESMA ‘too powerful’ in new EC consolidated tape plan
The European Commission has today adopted a package of measures designed to improve the ability of companies to raise capital across the European Union (EU), including ...
A third of US buy-side bond traders see dealer connectivity as priority
Research published by data, analytics and trading systems provider, IHS Markit, has found that 33% of buy-side fixed income traders are assessing direct connecting with ...
Swedish broker shut for pushing risky bonds and illicit issuer payments
Swedish market regulator, Finansinspektionen (FI), has revoked all permits for Nord Fondkommission AB (Nord FK) to continue trading. Nord FK is a securities firm whose ...
AFM: No technical barriers for the implementation of a consolidated tape for fixed income
The Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) sees no technical barriers for the implementation of a consolidated tape (CT) for fixed income. In anticipation of ...
All shook up: The effect of ELPs on the bond market
Redlap Consulting’s latest research paper, written by Rebecca Healey and Charlotte Decuyper, asserts that the pandemic has “rewritten the rulebook on trading”, and ...
MarketAxess EM extends coverage to Egypt, Hong Kong and Serbia
Kevin McPherson, global head of sales with MarketAxess.
BMLL marks move into fixed income with Level 3 futures data
BMLL, a provider of historical Level 3 data and analytics, has expanded its product offering to include global futures, now available as asset class packages. BMLL ...
