Fixed Income

MTS – the fixed income platform of the London Stock Exchange Group – has announced a partnership with bank inventory system B2Scan to improve pre-trade information and execution for buy side traders.

The European Securities and Markets Authority has published its consultation on draft regulatory technical standards for the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II.

Brokers are hiring experts in electronic equity trading for their fixed income businesses, as firms prepare for the post-MiFID II landscape, a London conference was told.

An interoperability plan pioneered by Clearstream and Euroclear has struggled recently, but both firms have confirmed they remain committed to the project which should deliver significant savings to market participants.

Last night saw the very best in the industry honoured at The TRADE’s annual Leaders in Trading awards ceremony at the Savoy Hotel in London.

SunGard has added fixed income market MTS BondVision to its connectivity platform to facilitate clients trading cross-asset class.

TradingScreen has become the latest entrant in the competitive fixed income electronic trading space, launching what it calls the first “buy-side designed” trading platform for corporate bonds.

The Bank of England is considering more radical reforms for the fixed income market than those already being proposed in MiFID II.

Trading technology provider smartTrade has launched a new liquidity management system for the fixed income market to enable traders to deal with the consequences of fragmentation.