Technology: The real reason you cannot get a new trading system
Lynn Strongin Dodds investigates the barriers to adopting new technology. Technological advances may be developing at breakneck speed but many of the barriers of ...
Trading: Regulatory overreach onto the trading desk
Complaints about regulators expanding rules for equity markets into fixed income are rising on both sides of the Atlantic. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ...
What traders need to know about inflation and volatility
Significant rises in inflation have not been seen within the careers of many traders – this is what they need to know. As inflation increases, measured against the ...
Redburn sees value in bond market venue M&A
Nicholas Watt, analyst, Redburn.
LedgerEdge calls for industry participation in bond platform design
LedgerEdge, a new emerging ecosystem for the exchange of data and assets in the corporate bond market, has said Tim Cook, head of business development, will lead a ...
Symphony’s new president outlines his vision
Brad Levy, Symphony
E-trading ‘outpaced’ voice for some traders in liquidity crisis
The market has evolved valuable alternatives to traditional dealer liquidity. Electronic trading was tested in the March 2020 sell-off, and it held up well. But, most ...
Power to the people
New trading protocols can create paths to best execution or confound it through complexity. Chris Hall reports. “Every nation gets the government it deserves” was ...
“There is no liquidity”: Bond traders report market conditions never seen before
Buy-side bond traders are facing a considerable challenge in matching their investor’s demand for fixed income assets as equity markets plummet. Volumes are up, but that ...
The burgeoning portfolio trading business
Electronic portfolio trading offers an efficient execution channel for baskets of bonds, but Lynn Strongin Dodds finds there are several barriers to growth. Portfolio ...
The data puzzle
Umberto Menconi, head of Digital Markets Structure, Market Hub at Banca IMI outlines the impact of regulation and the importance of data in a new market ecosystem. How ...
Pre-trade data demand grows and platform concentration weakens
The 5th Annual Trading Intentions Survey sees a hunger for data and a surge in new liquidity tools. Key takeaways: • Massive growth for crossing / mid-point price tools ...
Lead : Best execution : Dan Barnes
The best execution conundrum Market structure, risk trading and the nature of time-limited instruments make reporting of best execution for bonds a challenge. Dan Barnes ...
Algomi/Euroclear deal may open access to 373,000 bonds
Pre-trade data provider Algomi has significantly extended the universe of bonds for which it can publish trading opportunities, by signing a new agreement with ...
IHS Markit claims Liquidnet clients see transaction cost savings of 87%
By Shobha Prabhu-Naik.
