MARKET NEWS
Justesen joins Muzinich
Jakob Justesen has joined Muzinich as a fixed income trader. He is based in London.
Privately owned investment firm Muzinich specialises in public and private...
FIM Partners appoints emerging market debt trader
FIM Partners has hired Nicholas Nellis as a portfolio manager and trader focused on emerging-market debt.
He joins the London and Dubai-based investment manager after...
UK bond CTP suspension lifted
Etrading Software can finally sign the UK bond consolidated tape provider contract, with Ediphy consenting to the High Court suspension being lifted.
CEO Chris Murphy...
New Issue IQ, Boltzbit partner on primary market automation
Bond issuance fintech New Issue IQ has partnered with AI firm Boltzbit to improve its processing operations, seeking to automate a traditionally manual area...
CME Group outage boosts FMX’s case, BofA says
CME Group’s market outages were resolved at 8:20 CT on 28 November, after a less-than-restful Thanksgiving for the organisation. But while it’s back to...
Collins leaves Trumid for MarketAxess
Gav Collins has swapped Trumid for MarketAxess, being named head of the transformation office.
Based in London, Collins will work on the firm’s long-term strategic...
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Credit futures see OI and ADV increase more than sevenfold YoY
The adoption of credit futures as a mainstream credit trading vehicle is broadening across venues and currencies: US$ iBoxx total return based futures traded...
Trade size growth undercuts European bond market ‘equitification’
Since 2023 European corporate bond markets have seen trades size grow, as trading platforms report increasing volumes
“If we break down electronic trading growth in European...
The pretenders, and kingmakers, to the bond throne
Dealers are backing several new trading platforms who are fighting major incumbents for market share.
In the bond market, the trading platform landscape has been...
Declaration of dependence
US president to oversee financial institution regulation amid deregulation drive.
Executive orders signed by US president, Donald Trump, have given him oversight of all US...
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RESEARCH
Bond traders predict data science/AI use explosion in 2026
The DESK’s Corporate Bond Liquidity Access Survey, supported by LTX, finds trading desks are on the cusp of change.
Buy-side traders see 2026 as a turning...
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Tradeweb and FTSE Russell launch US Treasury closing prices
Tradeweb and FTS Russell have expanded their fixed income pricing partnership with the launch of Tradeweb FTSE US Treasury Closing Prices.
The service provides closing...
Pragma launches new algorithmic management system
Pragma, the multi-asset execution technology provider, has released a new generation of Panorama, the firm’s algorithmic management system (AMS).
Panorama 2.0 is designed to provide...
Coccoluto and Fromer to head global fixed income trading at Manulife IM
Chris Coccoluto has been promoted to co-head global fixed income trading at Manulife Investment Management, from his role as head of investment grade (IG)...
Sherpa Edge appoints Frank Lynge Jensen as chief trader
Outsourced trading specialist Sherpa Edge has appointed Frank Lynge Jensen as chief trader. Lynge Jensen has 21 years’ experience as a trader, working as...
Toru Nakashima joins Jefferies board as SMBC increases ownership
Jefferies has appointed Toru Nakashima, president and group CEO of the Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), as a member of its board of directors....
FCA to investigate barriers for buy side to access data
The UK’s market regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will launch two market studies and gather further information to investigate access to wholesale data....
FINBOURNE completes Series B funding round
FINBOURNE Technology has raised £55 million in Series B funding, led by Highland Europe and AVP. The firm remains majority employee owned.
The results follow...
IHS Markit and CBPC open up China’s bond market with new onshore indices
By Shobha Prabhu-Naik.
Business information provider IHS Markit has launched new onshore Chinese bond market indices, which it claims are the first international, independent fixed...
Double-digit growth in Deutsche Börse cash bonds
Despite the dominance of equities, bonds were 2024’s growth story in Deutsche Börse’s cash markets.
Börse Frankfurt recorded €818 million in December (up 29% YoY...
IRS electronification: 20 years in the making
With the 20th anniversary of Tradeweb’s interest rate swaps (IRS) marketplace around the corner, the firm’s head of US institutional Rates, Bhas Nalabothula, looks...
European credit – get it while it’s hot!
Bid ask spreads in European investment grade (IG) credit trading have fallen substantially over the past month, based on data from MarketAxess’s CP+ composite...
ESMA’s DLT regime could go permanent, despite low takeup
The European Securities and Markets Association (ESMA) has outlined potential amendments to make its distributed ledger technology (DLT) pilot regime permanent, despite a lacklustre...
