Electronic trading
Algo sniffers make a tough business tougher
FX spot is already a hard game for many LPs and the rise of skew sniping only makes things harder
Banks lure FX algo sharks into shallow waters
Sick of losing out to predatory HFTs, dealers are trying to create liquidity pools they can trust
Mizuho tries its hand in European rates
Japanese bank bets on handful of deep relationships to compete in crowded European market
PBs get new help in war on generosity
Big FX venue operators offer way to reduce overallocation of credit
Banks and HFTs team up to solve exchange outage dilemma
Hopes that ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ can break first-mover disadvantage for liquidity providers
Inside Wells Fargo’s bid to take on big FX players
The third-largest US bank by assets plans to use big corporate flows to lure institutional clients
The bond venue using blockchain technology to plug leaks
LedgerEdge trading system aims to stop prices moving against users requesting quotes in larger sizes
Invesco bets on new tech to refine its FX trading
Home-grown tool will improve order routing and execution strategies, asset manager believes
Could private match-making sink public market?
Rise in internal hedging sparks debate over its threat to FX price discovery
Tradition to launch first SOFR order book
Streaming swap prices are a critical step to creating term rates for loan markets
CDS trading remains stubbornly human
Buy-siders sceptical of benefits of algo execution for credit derivatives
OTC FX options market gears up for faster electronification
Share of electronic trading remains low but host of factors promise to change that for good
CanDeal ideal: could Canada make a sea-change in e-trading?
E-trading firm aims to capture all Canada’s electronic fixed income trade, requiring a culture shift
UK snuffs out hopes of end to midpoint trading ban
Financial Conduct Authority resists calls to diverge from EU’s tick size regime
OTC trading platform of the year: Fenics GO
Risk Awards 2021: hybrid protocol jumpstarts electronification of options block trading
Innovation in execution: Credit Suisse
Risk Awards 2021: Swiss bank’s AES platform excelled in US Treasury market during March turmoil
Optiver becomes first non-bank options market-maker on FXall
Dutch e-trading firm joins OTC FX options platform in a market taking electronic baby steps
Why central banks aren’t worried about FX algos – for now
Disclosure failings feed into FX code; other issues are worrying, but distant, says SNB’s Maechler
Bilateral streams slash FX trading costs by 80%, dealers claim
Risk Live: At some banks, 70% of spot is now traded via bilateral feeds
Ion-Broadway merger approved with strings attached
Broadway chief executive Tyler Moeller leads consortium to buy divested fixed income business
Algos make market thinner, but not less liquid – BIS
Trading robots change market microstructure, central banks conclude; new liquidity metrics may be needed
Forward momentum: the new world of NDF trading
NDF landscape is changing as trading volumes drive electronification and algo execution – but challenges remain
Corporate bond markets need more transparency – not less
Regulators should do more to promote pre- and post-trade transparency in corporate bonds
Bonds go back to the future as electronic volumes grow
Surge in bond ETFs and portfolio trades accompanies investor return to platforms