BND: The Bond Market Collapse Is Accelerating

Thus far, 2022 has accelerated many of 2021’s most significant trends. Inflationary forces have risen even higher, while bonds have cratered under higher rates. As of two weeks ago, the global bond index declined $2.6T, and corporate bonds have lost a staggering $1T in value. The “safe” primarily U.S. Treasury bond ETF (NASDAQ:BND) has declined by 7.3%, while…

Read More

Tech Modernization on the Buy Side

There is an industry-wide modernization trend, much of which is driven by advances in the technology space over recent years. Investment firms are more comfortable migrating to the cloud, and there is a huge rise in the number of vendor platforms and industry standard tooling that’s available. I think we’re in a state of significant…

Read More

Execution management systems: A must-have for fixed income

What are the benefits of using an execution management system (EMS) for fixed income? An EMS can offer connectivity to allow traders to manage and execute their order books electronically; however, that is not where the true value is realised.  Unlike other asset classes, fixed income orders tend to be larger  and even if they’re sliced into…

Read More