For years, David Horowitz at Agilon Capital was a rare breed in the bond market: a quant in a notoriously old-school business where prices were a call rather than a click away. Sixteen months of the pandemic is changing all that. Source: Bloomberg The work-from-home era is fueling a surge in electronic bond trading that gives the…
Strong flows and growing demand for market data, trading tools and protocols should increase electronification of credit markets, the laggard in fixed income, even as work-from-home norms adjust. Historically low rates and compressed spreads have driven the search for efficiency, which also favors e-trading, and a Gary Gensler-led SEC would likely push to improve credit-market…
Electronic trading is finally taking off in the junk-bond market, where instant messages, phone calls and close-knit relationships have long defined the way of doing business. MarketAxess Holdings Inc. saw high-yield trading jump 52% last month from a year earlier to a record $1.9 billion in average daily volume, the company said last week. Rival…
Bond markets have for years been seemingly close to a tipping point when it comes to electronic trading, yet they could never quite breakthrough. Yet those who closely follow technological advances and market structure were unwavering. “The slow and steady change that has occurred over the past decade will ultimately be seen for the revolution that…
For Vuk Magdelinic, using artificial intelligence in corporate bond trading is more than a promise — it’s a reality. “We can automate 30 percent of a trader’s entire trading workflow,” says the CEO of Overbond, a fixed income AI analytics company. “So, if I’m a trader and I trade 300 transactions a day, 100 out of…
SOR has been enabling automation in equities asset class for two decades. It’s now poised to enhance the bond market Increases in fixed income electronic trading volumes have driven enhancements in trading desk operations over the previous five years, making the lives of traders easier in today’s natively digital world. Trading workflow enhancements, however, that…
A Trillion Dollar Fixed-Income ETFs Market Expected to Double in Next 5 Years as Volatility in Equity Markets Causes Higher Demand for ETFs Source: CNBC Fixed-income exchange-traded funds — which include popular names such as the iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, ticker AGG — could double in asset value in the next five years,…
Latest research shows electronic bond trading continues to grow as providers add data and analytics tools to draw in investors. Source: The Trade The use of electronic trading for corporate bonds has surged significantly over the past few years, with MarketAxess being the preferred e-trading platform according to new research. A study from Greenwich Associates…
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