Burton-Taylor: S&P and IHS Markit merger creates intriguing synergies in data
On 30 November 2020, S&P Global and IHS Markit announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction which ...
TP ICAP focuses on low-touch trading, Liquidnet and buy-side data provision
Joanna Nader, group head of strategy at TP ICAP.
November gives Tradeweb its second highest month’s ADV ever
Market operator Tradeweb has reported today total trading volume for November of US$18.7 trillion across its electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and ...
TORA’s OEMS integrates with Liquidnet’s IA Trader
Chris Jenkins, managing director, TORA,
Investment in derivatives post-trade set to soar
Will Mitting, founder and managing director of Acuiti.
Stuart Taylor to lead electronic trading fixed income at MUFG
MUFG has appointed Stuart Taylor as head of electronic trading within Global Markets for EMEA, Asia and the Americas, effective 20 November 2020.
Bond Origination Technologies set to launch early 2021
Bond Origination Technologies (Bots), a London-based financial technology start-up for the primary debt capital markets (DCM), has completed its latest fundraising ...
Virtu signs up two bond ETF issuers for new NAV pricing tool
Exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuers Charles Schwab Investment Management and WisdomTree Asset Management are now using the eNAV ETF analytics tool, developed by ...
ESMA corrects SI bond ranking to place BNP Paribas as second in Europe
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has republished its ESMA Annual Statistical Report, now stating that the largest systematic internalisers (SIs) for ...
How big is portfolio trading in corporate bond markets?
Recent reports from market participants have given slightly different estimates for the use of portfolio trading in US corporate bonds, however the consensus is that ...
DirectBooks launches platform for issuance of US corporate bonds; European expansion on cards
Rich Kerschner, CEO, DirectBooks.
Symphony keeps arms open for the right partners
Symphony, the capital markets communications platform, and Genesis the low-code application platform (LCAP) have partnered to support the development of interoperable ...
Banks see strong Q3 across credit, rates following heightened activity earlier in the year
A new report by analyst firm Crisil Coalition has found that the unprecedented levels of volatility and trading activity seen in the first half of the year have begun to ...
Redburn sees value in bond market venue M&A
Nicholas Watt, analyst, Redburn.
Morgan Stanley: Portfolio trading volumes have grown by 56% in 2020
Research by Morgan Stanley’s market strategist team has found that use of portfolio trading in the US corporate bond market has increased by 56% in the past year, with ...
