Electronic trading
MTS eyes 2027 launch for dealer-to-client swaps trading
Plans for US Sef licence could address missing piece in defunct WeMatch swaps tie-up
Banks hope new axe platform will cut bond trading costs
Dealer-backed TP Icap venture aims to disrupt dominant trio of Bloomberg, MarketAxess and Tradeweb
FX swaps price discovery challenges buy side, says Vanguard
Lack of transparent price validation data for FX forwards and swaps is holding back buy side, Vanguard’s head of FX says
All that glisters: precious metal volumes surge on FX venues
Gold and silver liquidity on foreign exchange trading platforms improves as more dealers link precious metals with e-FX
CME futures outage caused FX spot pricing problems
At least one non-bank was forced to pull prices, and NDFs also affected
Flow market-maker of the year: Citadel Securities
Risk Awards 2026: No financing; no long-dated swaps? “No distractions,” says Esposito
Electronic trading support product of the year: TransFICC
TransFICC’s success at the Markets Technology Awards 2026 is thanks to its fast and reliable One API platform
Internalisation trend driving FX market opacity to new highs
FX Markets Europe: Dealers say they internally matched up to 1,500% more volume than public markets during April
More interdealer e-trading needed to support FX swap streaming
Dealers say primary venues must gain more traction to allow further electronification on client side
Inside Citi’s FX refresh
Flavio Figueiredo reveals how the bank revitalised its options and e-trading units – and finally tackled SA-CCR
LSEG readies hard matching on forwards venue
Forwards Matching eyes Q4 start for new function that enables faster credit checks
JPM and MS offer US Treasury algos on Tradeweb
Dealer algos form part of broader execution strategy following acquisition of r8fin
It takes two: bilateral price streaming takes hold in govvies
Large dealers offer direct API access to government bonds as alternative to request-for-quote trading
BrokerTec Chicago goes live, targeting RV traders
New venue aims to wrestle cash leg of Treasury-futures basis trades from streaming venues
24/7 trading roll-out risks pushback, industry veterans say
DRW’s Wilson warns of “mutiny” on non-stop rate options trading
Natixis bolsters Apac market-making presence with new hires
Additions include head of Apac linear G10 rates and FX trading, and China markets head
How FX pricing is adapting to Trumpian markets
Dealers are tying pricing engines to new signals in effort to cope with out-of-the-blue moves
Barclays braces for a macro storm
Talking Heads 2025: Developed markets are racking up debt. Finding buyers could be difficult, says macro head Hossein Zaimi
Trump’s FX impact: a tale of two terms
Traders say Trump version 2.0 is already proving a much trickier task to manage than the original, and have had to adapt
Hedge before the fix to avoid predatory traders – research
In simulations, slow and steady hedging for 4pm benchmark orders shaved up to 25% from costs
CME boosts FX access via new vendor partnerships
Tie-ups with Trading Technologies and Integral to bring new liquidity into EBS and Spot+ venues