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Birth of a Salesman

McKinsey’s new piece (Corporate Bond E-trading; Same Game, New Playing Field) on the future of electronic bond trading has generating a great deal of deserved interest.  It provides a lot of fascinating data to chew on, and one recommendation in particular really resonated with us here at DealVector. The comment, which might have seemed like […]

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DealVector’s View on A Trustee Dilemma

BNY Mellon is a global trustee and now in the middle of what may yet turn out to be the largest civil lawsuit in history. The case is a good illustration of the difficult position that trustees find themselves in as they balance the interests of various constituencies.   Isaac Gradman, in his subprimeshakeout blog, […]

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E-trading of Bonds vs Equities

What is the future of electronic trading of bonds? Will we have a single dominant exchange, or something more fractured? Will the old “phone” method continue to dominate? At DealVector we have a few opinions on the matter. A recent McKinsey survey report, discussed here, says that e-trading of bonds will not succeed as much […]

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