Fixed Income

Equity trading drives 19% revenue rise at Deutsche

Deutsche Bank has declared a 19.5% rise in net revenue from its Corporate Banking & Securities business for the fourth quarter of 2014, up from €2.5 billion to just under €3 billion compared to 2013.

Xtrakter bolsters MarketAxess sales

MarketAxess has seen its revenues rise 10% year-on-year, boosted by strong performance in its post-trade and data services.

Bond platform race heats up with ICAP entry

ICAP has become the latest firm to join the race to win volume from bond traders looking for new electronic solutions to the ongoing liquidity crisis.

An investment partnership

Mike O’Brien, director of global trading, and Mike Cirami, co-director of global income, explain Boston-based global asset manager Eaton Vance’s distinctly collaborative approach to investing effectively across multiple markets.

Bank of America's trading income down 20% in Q4

Bank of America’s Global Markets division saw sales and trading income fall by a fifth in the fourth quarter of 2014, according to results today, excluding accounting adjustments.

JP Morgan sees Fixed Income revenue drop 23%

JP Morgan saw revenue from its fixed income markets operation plummet by 23% in the fourth quarter of 2014, compared to Q4 2013 because of lower income from credit and securitised products and the sale of two business units.

Citi parts with head of EMEA execution

Citi’s head of EMEA execution sales (electronic trading) has left the group after five and a half years, The TRADE understands.

Fixed income dominates buy-side tech spend in 2014

Buy-side firms spent more than US$12 billion globally on their trading desks last year, investing primarily in technologies and people, according to research from consultancy Greenwich Associates.