Deal gives ICE CEO Sprecher another platform for expansion in fixed income.
MiFID II has new disclosure and reporting requirements.
Exchange operator adds fixed-income liquidity aggregator.
Platform operator brings bilateral OTC trading onto SW SEF.
Nascent technology is already showing traction in private placements and post-trade.
Private equity cash underscores the challenge, and opportunity, in solving for fixed-income liquidity.
Independence referendum is the latest geopolitical event to spark volatility.
Fixed income pricing and execution to become more automated.
ETFs can be a liquidity alternative to often illiquid cash markets.