Wednesday preview: ICAP looking for revival in voice broking volumes

On Wednesday, the market will get the first word on whether the looked-for upturn in activity on the voice broking side of ICAP's business has occurred.

On Wednesday, the market will get the first word on whether the looked-for upturn in activity on the voice broking side of ICAP's business has occurred.

Back in November ICAP was seeing disappointing levels of activity for its telephone-based services, as banks reduced their appetite for risk at the end of their financial years, but the inter-dealer broker said this was to be expected, and it was hopeful that 2012 would bring a revival of volumes in its voice markets.

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