Money market and repo platforms see big volumes; MTS widens footprint
Fabrizio Testa, CEO, MTS Markets
Tradeweb reports high volumes continuing into April
Lee Olesky, CEO, Tradeweb
MarketAxess Q1 revenue up 36%; reports on US spreads
Rick McVey, CEO, MarketAxess
ICE consolidates access to ICE Bonds and ICE Data Services
Market operator Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has launched ‘ICE Select’ an application which provides connectivity to the ICE Fixed Income ecosystem, including the ...
Liquidnet reports 57% jump in bond liquidity during volatile markets
Liquidnet has reported that the recent volatility led to an increase in bond trading volumes on the all-to-all block trading platform.
Bond platforms report record trading volumes for March
The March 2020 numbers are in for bond trading platforms MarketAxess and Tradeweb and both have seen record results, in a period that has raised concern around the ...
The DESK's Trading Intentions Survey 2020 : Unpicking the buy-side workflow
We reveal the buy side’s use of platforms for pre-trade data, executing orders in the market and trading venues. Trading Intentions Survey highlights
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 ...
Bond traders report screen prices are off by 10%
Several buy-side fixed income traders have confirmed that electronic prices are currently around 10% off the price that bonds are actually trading at, creating problems ...
LSEG widens market maker spreads for government bonds, more ETFs
The London Stock Exchange Group has increased market-maker spreads to 5% for all exchange-traded products (ETPs), exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and UK government bonds - ...
Trumid partners with Barclays
Bond market operator, Trumid Financial, has established a strategic partnership with Barclays. Barclays will join Trumid’s Trading Advisory Committee to collaborate on ...
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 ...
Reviews of MiFID II transparency raise concerns
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) launched consultations on 3 February 2020 for the regime for non-equity instrument systematic internalisers (SIs), ...
ICE Bonds and BlackRock Aladdin offer fixed income portfolio auction to buy side
Market operator Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has integrated its ICE Bonds integrated with BlackRock’s Aladdin portfolio and order management system (OMS) to offer ...
OpenDoor reveals greatest challenge and a turbo-charged match rate
OpenDoor has revealed a significantly high match rate for asset managers on the all-to-all continuous order book it launched in January 2020, to replace session-based ...
