Trading: Best practices for the sell-side desk

The DESK asked buy-side desks about the best ways their counterparts on the sell side support them. Juniorisation of the sales and trading function at investment banks is a real concern, meaning that the experienced sell-side traders are being replaced by younger team members who either lack the relationships needed to help clients get the…

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Europe’s corporate bond markets are the most electronic in the world

Last year, 62% of European investment-grade corporate bond trading volume was executed electronically, as with 49% of notional high-yield volume; compared to 40% and 31% in the US, respectively. New research from Coalition Greenwich has found that 62% of European investment-grade corporate bond trading volume was executed electronically last year – making Europe the most…

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