With hedge funds generating a growing share of trading volumes in many fixed-income products - and a majority of the volume in several especially lucrative products - global and European investment banks are concentrating their efforts on these increasingly profitable customers. Or so suggests a new study of fixed in
Marketpipe Limited, which operates a new issue network in the fixed income markets and also licenses its products to banks, has been sold to Ipreo LLC. Marketpipe was formed in 2000 and currently has 19 investment banking clients serviced by 30 employees from its London office. With the acquisition of Marketpipe, Ip
The take-up of electronic trading in global fixed income markets accelerated sharply in 2006, according to the annual Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (Sifma) survey. The data revealed that 74% of operators of electronic trading systems for fixed income securities witnessed an increase in trading v
The take-up of electronic trading in global fixed income markets accelerated sharply in 2006, according to the annual Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (Sifma) survey. The data, which was compiled from more than sixty operators of electronic trading systems for fixed-income securities in the US, Eur