MARKET NEWS
Doriane Geyler Rojas joins Ostrum AM
Doriane Geyler Rojas has been appointed business manager and project lead within the "direction des gestions" at Ostrum Asset Management.
Ostrum AM says it manages...
“Carelessness, inattention, inadequate safeguards”: FCA hits back at Ediphy
The FCA has disputed Ediphy’s allegations that its consolidated tape provider e-auction process experienced a technical fault, and did not register its weighted average...
S&P Global acquires With Intelligence
S&P Global has acquired private markets data, insights and analytics firm With Intelligence in a US$1.8 billion deal.
The company announced in October that it...
Eurex offers PLN swap clearing market
Eurex is developing a Polish Zloty (PLN) interest rate swap clearing market in light of EMIR 3.0 requirements.
The increased netting opportunities this provides will...
MacIndoe leaves Millennium Advisors
Fixed income trader Michael MacIndoe has left Millennium Advisors after seven years with the company.
MacIndoe has been in the industry for 15 years, with...
Pellous steps up at Aviva Investors
Fabrice Pellous has been promoted to head of global high yield at Aviva Investors.
Based in London, he reports to head of the capital opportunities...
FEATURES
Credit futures see OI and ADV increase more than sevenfold YoY
The adoption of credit futures as a mainstream credit trading vehicle is broadening across venues and currencies: US$ 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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IHS Markit partners with Adroit to deliver multi-asset execution via thinkFolio
Investment services, risk and data management giant, IHS Markit, has partnered with Adroit Trading Technologies to give access to its multi-asset execution management capabilities...
Bonds.com integrates RFQ into corporate bonds order book
Bonds.com has added a request for quote (RFQ) protocol to its corporate bond order book, using MultiLynq’s multi-dealer messaging and connectivity capabilities.
Operated by interdealer...
Genesis launches web-based middle-office solution for fixed income trading
Genesis Global, a financial services software development company, has launched a web version of its multi-asset class middle-office solution, Trade Allocation Manager (TAM). Genesis...
Build your own EMS
Frustration with commercial front office technology is leading major buy-side firms to build execution capabilities.
Buy-side spend on order management and execution management systems (O/EMS)...
Rutter launches ambitious new bond ‘ecosystem’, LedgerEdge
David Rutter, founder of US Treasury platform LiquidityEdge and CEO of distributed ledger group R3, has built a team of financial market and technology...
Reported Flextrade/MarketAxess link promises efficient buy-side trading
Reports that buy-side traders are able to manage trades directly in the MarketAxess platform via execution management system (EMS) Flextrade are creating considerable interest.
Most...
New patterns in Eurobond electronic trading after MiFID II
By Gherardo Lenti Capoduri, Head of Market HUB and Umberto Menconi, Business Development & Market Structure, Market HUB, Banca IMI.
We have come a long...
European Women in Finance – Rebecca Healey – It’s not the destination but the...
Rebecca Healey talks to Lynn Strongin Dodds about Covid, Capital Markets and Career.
How do you see your role in the current crisis?
The initial question...
Criticism of price formation in Gilt syndication defended by UK’s Debt Management Office
Challenges to the process of UK government bond (Gilt) pricing by syndicate banks, made by member of parliament, Mel Stride, chair of the Treasury...
Investment in derivatives post-trade set to soar
A new study by analyst firm, Acuiti, released in a whitepaper entitled The Growing Need to Invest in Derivatives Post-Trade, sponsored by Broadridge Financial...
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Don’t Panic: How French credit has proven market Zen
The resignation of the French Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, on 6 October came after less than a month in office. Being the third prime...
SEC proposes new central clearing rules for US Treasury market
US market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed rule changes to enhance risk management practices for central counterparties in the US...
