The DESK - Fixed Income Trading

JWG: Cloud is "large systemic technology risk blind spot"

PJ Di Giammarino, CEO, JWG

EC suspends best execution reporting which is “not read at all”

Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice President, European Commission

CMA: ION takeover of Broadway looks likely

The UK’s Competition and Market’s Authority (CMA) has reported there are “reasonable grounds for believing that the undertakings offered by [front office technology ...

CUSIP requests indicate municipal borrowing to rise, corporate to fall

Gerard M. Faulkner, Director of CGS Operations

CSDR settlement regime 'out' as UK sets new path

Rishi Sunak, UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer

Wellington: Internal crossing could have saved US$10-15 million

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sub-committee the Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee (FIMSAC), has unanimously passed a proposal to support ...

ESMA relaxes best ex reporting

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has pushed back reporting of best execution by execution venues and trading firms, which are regulatory requirements ...

Market data costs in spotlight under new FCA review

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a call for input (CFI) to better understand how data and advanced analytics are being accessed and used in the ...

EC launches wide ranging review of MiFID II/MiFIR and investment firms

The European Commission (EC) has launched a ‘Review of the regulatory framework for investment firms and market operators’ to capture any perceived changes needed to the ...

Traders call time on outsized European market open hours

Buy- and sell-side traders have called for Europe to review its equity market open periods, which at eight and half hours is over 30% longer than market open in the US ...

FINRA reporting change could support low-touch trading at size

A proposed pilot project for raising the size at which US bond trades must be reported, and delaying reporting for even larger trades, could lead to greater automation ...