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  • Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Allianz GI: On strength of voice

Effectively communicating across trading desks, teams, counterparties and industry is allowing Allianz Global Investors to stand out amongst asset managers. The DESK ...

Trading Intentions Survey 2018

Greater dependence vs reduced choice The pipeline of growth is returning after MiFID II, with reliance on specific platforms increasing. In 2017 the appetite for ...

Uncertainty persists around process trades

A standardised approach to handling process trades would better support dealers. By David Wigan. In mid-February, the European Securities Market Association (ESMA) ...

The utopia of the consolidated fixed income tape

Lynn Strongin Dodds explains why Europe cannot look to TRACE as a role model. Developing a consolidated tape for fixed income in Europe was never going to be easy but ...

When will T2S harmonise European bond issuance? 

Target 2 for Securities (T2S), the ambitious brainchild of the European Central Bank (ECB) and Eurosystem, has the potential to lower the costs of bond issuance by ...

Buy side reports price movement risk in Treasury trading

Automated trading and derivatives are changing the way US Treasuries are traded, exposing the buy side to high-frequency trading strategies. Chris Hall reports. If big ...

How to trade for alpha

Smart institutional trading desks can boost returns in support of investment management. Dan Barnes reports. If institutional portfolio management (PM) and investment ...

New patterns in Eurobond electronic trading after MiFID II

By Gherardo Lenti Capoduri, Head of Market HUB and Umberto Menconi, Business Development & Market Structure, Market HUB, Banca IMI. We have come a long way since the ...

CCPs fight for buy-side membership

Few asset managers are buying into the direct CCP model. Fred Maple reports. The fanfare with which central counterparties (CCPs) launched new membership categories for ...

Automating the fixed income workflow: data is king

Automated trading is fast becoming the new normal in the global fixed income markets. Once considered too complex and nuanced for automation compared with asset classes ...

SEC committee signals direction for US credit rules

New fixed income committee sees pushback on structural approach to resolving credit market challenges. David Wigan reports. As European fixed income market participants ...

Navigating the trade automation (r)evolution

By Mark Russell, Managing Director, Head of Credit, International, at Tradeweb. No one can deny the power of innovative technology to disrupt and transform pre-existing ...

Platforms: What the winners are doing right

A few platforms have consistently gained buy-side confidence over the last five years, through smart assistance and simplification of trading workflow. The three ‘O’s of ...