| Buy side expect e-trading volume to rise |
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| Interest rate swaps and CDS under-represented in e-trading |
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| Depth of liquidity matters for the sell side |
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| Source: SIFMA |
THE WORLD’S SECURITIES exchanges, which are all trading on historically high P/E ratios, are eyeing fixed-income markets for growth opportunities. Inter-dealer brokers are creating new strategies including mergers and acquisitions, and the various data vendors/platforms are seeking to expand their product ranges. It has been several years since electronic trading was last in such a state of flux. The emergence of LiquidityHub provides the clearest example of how the electronic trading landscape in various debt asset classes is set for a revolution. The LiquidityHub dealer consortium will finally drag European interest rate swaps trading into the electronic age.
But other mainstream sectors, such as US swaps, US treasuries and euro sovereign bonds, are lined up for an imminent makeover in the method of trading and delivery of product to end clients.
Furthermore, European sovereign debt managers appear, at last, to be accepting the liberalization of the electronic trading of their securities.