19+ hour, 22+ min ago  (269+ words) Fixed income investors who default to passive strategies are missing structural return advantages of active management, said Jonathan Murrell, senior portfolio manager at Bank of America Private Bank. Speaking Wednesday morning at Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Boston, Murrell said…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (459+ words) The strength of the US economy is a prevailing macro theme, and while there are concerns about growth being derailed, the near-term outlook remains benign. The big picture was discussed Wednesday morning in a macro view keynote at Fixed Income…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (651+ words) fi-desk. com Credit calm masks a trillion-dollar AI issuance wave By Janaka Ariyasena, HY Credit Trader and Portfolio Manager. Ex Seaport Europe and Rubrics Asset Management. Credit markets have absorbed a relentless supply wave with notable composure, AI-driven issuance sent…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (400+ words) Maile Robichaud, head of fixed income trading Americas at State Street Investment Management, said one of the biggest challenges for a trading desk is to effectively re-assemble liquidity that is often dispersed throughout the marketplace. "A trader needs to be…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (556+ words) The DESK - The leading source of information for bond traders fi-desk. com Looking at Market Axess data from its Tra X service, covering fixed income trading across the corporate bond markets in Europe, the US and emerging markets credit, the…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (853+ words) Where are operational pressures greatest on fixed income trading desks today? Trading desks are under constant pressure to do more with the resources they already have. That challenge is most acute in markets where workflows remain heavily manual. In ABS…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (559+ words) Yet much of the discussion has been framed from the perspective of the sender rather than the recipient. The market has focused heavily on the sophistication of the pipes delivering axes into the buy-side community, while comparatively little attention has…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (593+ words) The DESK (TD): As trading protocols have multiplied, how has that complexity changed the demands on interface design? Jason Quinn (JQ): That hits nail on the head. When you put every possible way to trade on one platform, we think…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (111+ words) Bloomberg and Direct Books have announced a collaboration on automated primary bond market workflows is now live. This mirrors a similar collaboration between Bloomberg and S&P Global's Investor Access in 2023. The collaboration should improve what can be a highly…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (380+ words) TP ICAP has launched Real Q, a new credit trading and data platform designed to optimise block bond trading. "We're focused on electronifying the part of the market that hasn't been electronified," says Mark Russell, chief commercial officer at TP…...