Investors Worldwide Are Tiptoeing Back Into U.S. Corporate Debt

Asian and European investors are showing early signs of renewing their demand for longer-term U.S. corporate bonds, after yields have started stabilizing, and the result could be better performance for the securities. Source: Bloomberg Tuesday saw the most overnight demand for U.S. corporate debt since October 15, with more than $359 million being sold to…

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Bond trading finally dragged into the digital age

Some trends quietly fizzle out without leaving a mark. Others implode, with everyone wondering what on earth we were thinking — like Tamagochis or fidget spinners. Occasionally, a halting, haphazard trend suddenly hits a point where it starts spreading like wildfire, and its success feels like it was always preordained. Electronic bond trading fits the…

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E-Trading in Credit – Poised for Ramp-Up

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…

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Deutsche Bank Sees Wall Street Trading Surge After Pfizer News

Deutsche Bank AG has seen a surge in trading across Wall Street since the U.S. election and news of a possible coronavirus vaccine, sustaining a rally that boosted third-quarter revenue across top investment banks. “The past couple of days since Pfizer’s groundbreaking announcement and what we all hope will be an inflection point in this pandemic, the street has…

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Case Study: Buy-Side Algo Credit Trading

Credit and Rates Trading Workflow Automation Vest Execution Pricing and Liquidity Risk Analytics Overview and Current Process Buy-side asset managers are rapidly embracing artificial intelligence applications to price fixed income securities algorithmically in live trading execution environment or for purposes of end of day reconciliation and portfolio construction. The current fixed income capital market data…

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How Augmented Analytics and AI Is Reshaping The Finance Industry

Investment in AI is rapidly growing as financial services organizations continue to see the value it offers. See how Overbond’s COBI analytics contributes in two areas that are seeing transformations: Investment analysis and algorithmic trading. Source: TechNative Artificial Intelligence and augmented analytics may, for some, be the driving force behind our current technological revolutions. Perhaps…

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Future of Trading: The best of people and machines

The future of trading and financial services will be a true merger of the best of both humans and machines, where investing and trading decisions leverage human intuition while data analysis and trade execution are automated and increasingly efficient. Source: Refinitiv The future of trading will be created by people and machines working together, not…

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Electronic Bond Orders Spark Race to Develop Platform for $2.3 Trillion Market

Regulators and investors are suggesting increased transparency in primary issuance markets by streamlining the traditional trading process through an electronic trading platform. Source: Bloomberg A tussle is emerging between underwriters over who controls the levers of a $2.3 trillion market for new company bonds, with the U.S. as the chosen battleground. Tech firm Ipreo, jointly owned…

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