Electronic Trading – Page 4

08/05/2021

Is the Quarter-End DNT Spike Real?

Is the Quarter-End DNT spike real? KopenTech researchers investigated whether or not a spike in DNT’d CLO securities exists on quarter-end months as compared to non-quarter-end months. The investigation concluded that there is significant evidence of a persistent DNT Spike...

Electronic Trading

03/25/2021

New BWIC Selling Protocol – KTX LiveBidding™

LiveBidding is an innovative method of selling CLO securities on KopenTech’s electronic trading platform KopenTech BWIC. The platform’s objective is to increase trading volumes and transparency, as well as improving the CLO market for investors and broker-dealers alike. Historically, CLO...

Electronic Trading/Main Features

11/15/2020

When is the Best Day to Hold a CLO BWIC?

The standard BWIC process is inherently inefficient; it requires humans to communicate frequently during a narrow window of time and with limited price transparency. The more human involvement there is in any process, the more potential there is for biases...

Electronic Trading

11/02/2020

Introducing Barometers of CLO Secondary Liquidity

Introducing Barometers of CLO Secondary Liquidity Global markets have been turbulent during 2020 and the CLO market was no exception. In fact, the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has been compared to historic market downturns such as the Great Depression...

Electronic Trading

09/25/2020

AMRs: Similar to BWICs?

The AMR auction process is in many ways similar to the secondary BWIC (“bids-wanted-in-competition”) trading process for structured products. Yet, AMR offers additional improvements, mainly around the certainty of execution, which, as a result, should bring in more participation from...

Electronic Trading/Online Refinancing (AMR)

Category: Electronic Trading

Is the Quarter-End DNT Spike Real?

New BWIC Selling Protocol – KTX LiveBidding™

When is the Best Day to Hold a CLO BWIC?

Introducing Barometers of CLO Secondary Liquidity

AMRs: Similar to BWICs?