The DESK - Fixed Income Trading

Block trading investigations follow a long trend

Several investigations reported in the press are following regulatory scrutiny of block trading arrangements. The investigations reported by Bloomberg, Reuters and the ...

Updated: Bloomberg launches all-to-all bond trading service

Bloomberg has launched Bloomberg Bridge, a new global all-to-all service that supports intermediated trading for corporate and emerging market bonds. Clients will ...

Market reflects grim situation in Ukraine

The invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 by Russia, wedded to subsequent sanctions and travel restrictions have triggered a series of market responses with the value ...

JP Morgan FICC e-Trading Survey: Inflation to have biggest impact

The JP Morgan annual fixed income, commodity and currency (FICC) e-Trading Survey has found that inflation is expected to have the greatest effect on trading conditions ...

SoftSolutions' new testing-as-a-service environment live

Roberto Cocchi, CEO and founder, SoftSolutions.

NatWest, Santander with Fnality, Nivaura and Adhara execute cross-chain Ethereum debt transaction

Three UK financial technology firms, Fnality, Nivaura and Adhara, in collaboration with European banks Santander and NatWest have completed a pilot, proof of concept ...

HSBC integrates with Bloomberg AIM to support post-trade efficiency

Ian Peckett, Bloomberg.

Liquidnet’s direct link from O/EMS to syndicate banks deployed by Charles River

Block trading specialist and agency broker, Liquidnet, has unveiled a new feature in its new issuance platform for corporate bonds, intended to enable investors to ...

Amber Wright to lead new R.J. O’Brien initiatives on fixed income and multi-asset electronic trading

Amber Wright, executive director, global head of fixed income rates and e-trading sales, R.J. O’Brien.

Citi asserts control over any data tied to bilateral client trades

The European credit trading team at Citi has, according to several large asset managers, told buy-side clients the bank owns any data relating to bilateral bond trades ...

Goldman Sachs hit 12-year record for Global Markets in 2021

Goldman Sachs has seen its Global Markets division generate net revenues of US$22.08 billion, the highest annual net revenues in 12 years, which the firm noted is ...

Morgan Stanley analysts predicting Q4 was tough for bank FICC revenues

Morgan Stanley analysts, looking at the performance of investment banks in Q4 2021, are predicting a significant fall in revenues across fixed income, commodity and ...

Bloomberg and Goldman Sachs launch China USD Credit Liquid HY Index family

Bloomberg and Goldman Sachs have launched a Bloomberg China USD Credit Liquid HY Index family, which provides market participants with indices to adjust their exposure ...