MARKET NEWS
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 global head of fixed income...
Markets mourn Cassandra Seier
Markets are mourning Cassandra Seier, who passed away this weekend.
Throughout her almost 30-year career, Seier held numerous senior roles and she spent more than...
FIX Paris: Bond axes multitude does not reflect liquidity quality
Panellists at FIX Paris said the proliferation of credit axes comes as a result of platforms rating liquidity providers on the basis of the...
Piper promoted at Piper Sandler
Michael Piper has been promoted to head of fixed income at Piper Sandler, effective Q1 2026.
Based in Texas, he reports to the investment bank’s...
Correction: Trading Technologies reported revenues
In a previous story Trading Technologies revenues were incorrectly reported. As a private company, Trading Technologies does not report its financials publicly.
The company has...
S&P Global offers private credit risk management service
S&P Global has released a compliance management solution for credit risk management, designed for private credit and collateralised loan obligation (CLO) managers.
The launch coincides...
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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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Credit : Falling through the gaps
Asset managers fight for high-touch coverage
Relationship management between buy- and sell-side firms is more necessary than ever, as the push to electronic trading risks...
The right way to trade credit
Of course, there is no right way to trade all credit, but there are clearly advantages in trading credit in such a way that...
Analysing the split between US and EU investment grade trade sizes
Recent reports that high yield (HY) trades are increasing in size and investment grade (IG) are shrinking, have ignored the year-on-year growth of European...
US Treasuries: You can’t handle the truth
Editorial by Dan Barnes.
Nobody wants responsibility for the US Treasuries market. We checked.
In 2014 The DESK approached every US financial regulator and authority to...
Alexander Sedgwick joins S&P Global
S&P Global Market Intelligence has appointed market-structure specialist Alexander Sedgwick as executive director on its municipals & fixed-income commercial team in New York.
Sedgwick arrives...
European Markets Choice Awards Winner: Charles River
The Evolving Fixed Income Trading Landscape: Leveraging Connectivity, Interoperability and Automation
Alun Cutler, Director, Product Management, EMEA at Charles River Development
Charles River has recently been...
Atte Lahtiranta to join Citadel in early 2025
Citadel has appointed Atte Lahtiranta as head of core engineering. He will join the firm in early 2025.
Atte has close to 30 years of...
Man Group names Sam Ratcliff head of order management and analytics
Man Group’s Sam Ratcliff has been named head of order management and analytics – markets platform technology.
Formerly heading up the firm’s execution technology division,...
Jaya Dutt named Citi’s head of markets for CEEMEA
Jaya Dutt has been appointed head of markets for Central Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA) by Citi.
Dutt joined Citi in 2003 and...
Positive reception of FCA consolidated tape plans keeping pace with Europe
A consultation on plans for a consolidated tape of fixed income prices, announced by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has drawn support from...
Editorial: Dealer consortium or dealer cartel?
A class-action lawsuit case alleging cartel behaviour by six prime brokers who “vacuum up 60% or more of the revenue generated by stock loan...
Helen Burgess joins S&P Global
S&P Global has appointed Helen Burgess as sales director for the market intelligence division.
Burgess has close to three decades of industry experience, most recently...
