Greenwich: RFQ cuts convertible bond spreads in half
New research by analyst firm Greenwich Associates has found that the request for quote (RFQ) protocol is cutting the spreads made by the most aggressive convertible bond ...
Coalition: Sell-side FICC productivity levels rocketed in Q1
Sell-side FICC productivity levels rocket in Q1
Governance key to EU consolidated bond tape's success
The International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) has published a report outlining the possible routes to delivering a successful consolidated tape of price data of ...
BlackRock’s Rieder: Fed will buy at least $1.5 trillion in Treasuries in 2020
Rick Rieder, Chief Investment Officer of Global Fixed Income, BlackRock
Odd-lot bond case alleges pressure on Bloomberg and collusion
In the US Southern District Court of New York, a class-action lawsuit has been brought against a group of banks, alleging that since 1 August 2006, they have “agreed to ...
Not fighting the Fed on high yield flow
High yield bonds have seen electronic trading in the US increase, with liquidity enhanced by the Federal Reserve’s announcement on 9 April that it would buy into ‘fallen ...
Study finds 21% of buy-side lost access to tradable instruments in crisis
A new ‘Derivatives Insight Report’ by analyst firm Acuiti has found that 21% of buy-side firms, including proprietary trading firms and asset managers, suffered a ...
Liontrust - The trading team built for growth
Matt McLoughlin, partner and head of trading at Liontrust Asset Management, explains why expanding trading capabilities to match AUM and asset class growth needs careful ...
The DESK's Trading Intentions Survey 2020 : Unpicking the buy-side workflow
We reveal the buy side’s use of platforms for pre-trade data, executing orders in the market and trading venues. Trading Intentions Survey highlights
Bond pricing battle shutters Nordic funds
Several Nordic fund managers have been shuttering fixed income funds, mainly in the corporate bond space, to allow them to get prices from banks for their holdings, as ...
Bond traders report screen prices are off by 10%
Several buy-side fixed income traders have confirmed that electronic prices are currently around 10% off the price that bonds are actually trading at, creating problems ...
“There is no liquidity”: Bond traders report market conditions never seen before
Buy-side bond traders are facing a considerable challenge in matching their investor’s demand for fixed income assets as equity markets plummet. Volumes are up, but that ...
FIX EMEA Trading Conference - Postponed
Novel coronavirus – update for the EMEA Trading Conference 2020
Market reports: Algomi to be acquired
Market reports are that pre-trade data provider Algomi will be bought by interdealer broker BGC. Stu Taylor, formerly the CEO of Algomi, joined BGC as global head of ...
