The DESK - Fixed Income Trading

In 2021 we see record secondary markets trading for European Government Bonds

By Emile Figueiras, European Government Bond Product Specialist, MarketAxess

The Gensler Agenda

Will Gary Gensler, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), one of the US market regulators, have time to tackle issues in the fixed income markets? Not if ...

EU begins NGEU bill auctions but secondary market needs support

The European Union’s new bond issuance auction programme started on 15 September, via the TELSAT auction system operated by Banque de France for its EU Bills.

BNY Mellon adds agency MBS to new DTCC cleared repo sponsored member programme

Murray Pozmanter, head of clearing agency services, DTCC.

Tradeweb monthly ADV up 20% year-on-year

Market operator Tradeweb has reported a total trading volume of US$19.8 trillion for August 2021 across its electronic marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money ...

CGS-CIMB Securities adopts Bloomberg TOMS and data licence for expansion

Asia-based financial services provider, CGS-CIMB Securities International, has adopted Bloomberg’s Trade Order Management System (TOMS) and data via Bloomberg Data ...

US Treasuries: You can’t handle the truth

Editorial by Dan Barnes.

Mike O’Brien made co-director global income at Eaton Vance

Mike O’Brien, co-director global income, Eaton Vance.

Chinese equity sell-off leaves locals “more cautious” on debt

Buy-side traders in the Chinese debt markets are noting some effect from the equity sell-off, which was triggered by concern around government and regulatory ...

What’s big, green and keeps traders busy?

Bond issuance sizes in the ESG space are growing, and the average size of the deals are growing too. The proportion of benchmark-sized deals – measured by the Climate ...