Most buy-side and sell-side firms are seeking to implement modern technology (e.g., cloud computing, AI, APIs) across the trade lifecycle for many reasons, from cost reduction to increasing their competitive position. As with much of today’s tech,...

Fixed-income ETFs have proven to be the savior the bond market never knew it needed. Not everyone agrees, of course, (active managers among them), but from my perspective, it was ETFs that brought automated market makers into corporate bonds, which...

If you’re anything like we are here on the Market Structure & Technology team, looking for good market structure content to read on vacation is par for the course. So as we head into prime vacation/holiday-taking time, I’d like to offer up some...

With our connectivity to the buy-side, Coalition Greenwich conducted a “flash study” on investor sentiment in the context of the Russia-Ukraine war. We asked equities, fixed-income and foreign exchange (FX) institutional investors about the...

The days of corporate bond portfolio trading estimates are coming to an end. FINRA has proposed and the SEC has approved a new rule (proposed FINRA Rule 6730(d)(4)(H)) that will require corporate bonds traded via a portfolio trade be reported to...

Shane Swanson and David Easthope discuss the recent SEC proposal to update the definition of “exchange” and the potential implications for technology firms, particularly those trading crypto, digital assets, and others in the DeFi ecosystem. The...

At the January 26, 2022, SEC Open Meeting, the Commission voted 3 to 1 to: Propose amendments to Exchange Act Rule 3b-16 (the definition of “Exchange”); Re-propose a modified Regulation ATS for ATSs that Trade U.S. Government Securities (...

We recently gathered input from 16 corporate-bond liquidity providers, examining their views on liquidity, where they see opportunities for innovation and the market’s next step forward. Their key areas of planned investment—direct connectivity to...

The buy side sees the U.S. Treasury market as largely transparent. That’s a good thing. However, less than half of that same group told us they regularly perform transaction cost analysis (TCA). That suggests one of two things: Either the buy side...

With exchange-traded markets around the world already up and over the technology adoption curve, over-the-counter markets, including those for U.S. corporate bonds, securitized products and loans, have come into focus as markets that have only just...