MARKET NEWS
Dealers face crunch on platform trading costs
As bid-ask spreads tighten and fees rise, dealers question making markets in credit.
It does not take a quant to understand that tighter bid-ask spreads...
BNY goes live with Dublin EU trading desk
BNY has established a trading desk in Dublin, supporting EU-based clients across global fixed income and equity markets. Bianca Gould, head of EMEA equities...
BlackRock veteran Neeraj Seth to depart
Neeraj Seth is departing BlackRock after almost 18 years with the company. He is currently chief investment officer and head of APAC fundamental fixed...
Iulia Nastasoiu joins Mizuho
Iulia Nastasoiu has joined Mizuho as a vice president in the European Treasury division. She is based in London.
Nastasoiu has close to 15 years...
Barclays names Brad Rogoff global research head
Barclays has appointed Brad Rogoff global head of research, effective 1 October 2024.
Currently the head of FICC research, Rogoff is based in New York...
End-of-year optimism high across fixed income firms
Fixed income market optimism has soared, according to valantic FSA and Acuiti’s Q3 2024 Fixed Income Expert Network report, with more than three quarters...
FEATURES
Matt Howell: Building a centre of excellence for derivatives trading
Matt Howell reveals how T Rowe Price optimised its derivatives trading capabilities ahead of the expected boom in trading activity this year.
How are the...
US vs Europe: The transatlantic divide for corporate bond traders
The DESK examines the different sizes, protocols and feedback traders can use on each side of the Atlantic to execute corporate bond orders.
While US...
When not to use portfolio trading
Portfolio trading cannot please all of the people all of the time.
The success of portfolio trading (PT) as a protocol has taken bond markets...
The DESK: Systematic trading
The DESK discusses effective systematic trading, the benefits to end investors, and the skills needed to create and run systematic workflows with Chris Minck,...
Primary ignition – at both ends
Politics are being sidelined in the battle for efficiency in primary markets for buyers and for issuers
The top operational priority for buy-side traders in...
Meet the consolidated tape contenders
Europe’s development of a consolidated tape for trading data now has clear front runners and benefits.
Three firms have confirmed they will compete to be...
PROFILES
RESEARCH
August: US Treasuries record first trillion-dollar ADNV
US Treasuries had their first trillion-dollar month in August thanks to a surprise rate hike from the Bank of Japan and ongoing fiscal uncertainty...
FROM THE ARCHIVES
How to trade for alpha
Smart institutional trading desks can boost returns in support of investment management. Dan Barnes reports.
If institutional portfolio management (PM) and investment trading were separated in...
LMA calls for simplified template for securitisations
The Loan Market Association (LMA) has outlined its position on securitisation disclosure templates, calling for a simplified template for private securitisations in the short-term,...
EquiLend rolls out Orbisa securities lending data on Bloomberg Terminal
Equilend, a technology, data and analytics firm, has launched Orbisa securities lending data on the Bloomberg App Portal, providing a dataset comprising US$32 trillion...
FILS 2021: Liquidnet gives detail on new primary market offering
Liquidnet’s primary market offering for the bond market was laid out by Dan Hinxman, head of sales for Liquidnet Fixed Income at the Fixed...
Europe will need to consider market liquidity to support issuance
NextGenerationEU is the EU's €800 billion temporary recovery instrument to support the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and build “a greener, more digital...
Value and issuance in European credit
Outflows in European bond funds are following a drop in the relative value of European credit, as shown in data from the IHS Markit...
Sourcing and onboarding clean data remains major buyside challenge
Sourcing data that is cleaned, validated and ready to use from vendors remains a challenge for nearly 70% of fund managers in a new...
Virtu Financial: Making markets globally
The technology firm stepping into fixed income market making
Virtu Financial outlines its plan to make markets in credit and rates using its scaled global...
Buy-side desks find favour in credit futures
The expansion of Eurex’s credit futures offering into dollar and multicurrency products promises broader and deeper opportunities for investors.
A keen buy-side appetite for credit...
Enrico Bruni – The advantage of a diversified business
Enrico Bruni, managing director and head of Europe and Asia Business at Tradeweb, discusses the challenges posed by current market conditions.
How has the current...
FILS Day 2: Heat around the consolidated bond tape
One of the more positive messages from the second day of the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit (FILS) was regarding positive progress on the development...
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...