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When, not if: ‘UK should move to T+1’

When, not if: ‘UK should move to T+1’

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The UK should commit to move to a T+1 settlement cycle. That is according to the UK’s Accelerated Settlement Taskforce, which recommends setting up...
Brian Hickey joins LedgerEdge as firm deepens bench

Brian Hickey joins LedgerEdge as firm deepens bench

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Brian Hickey, a veteran buy-side trader with a long tenure at State Street Global Advisors (SGGA), has joined bond market and distributed ledger specialist,...
InvestCloud names new CIO

InvestCloud names new CIO

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InvestCloud, a global wealth management software provider, has named James Young its new chief information officer (CIO). Young will be responsible for the company’s technology...
Fixed Income Automation Surge: 60% of Credit Traders Now Use Robots

Fixed Income Automation Surge: 60% of Credit Traders Now Use Robots

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The electronification of fixed income markets is accelerating, driven by increased adoption of automated trading systems, with 60 per cent of credit market participants...
In pictures: Government bond market liquidity costs spike

In pictures: Government bond market liquidity costs spike

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Both volume and bid-ask spreads have blown out in the UK government bond (Gilt) market, as seen in the latest TraX data from MarketAxess, which...
Liquidity provider profile: Millennium Advisors

Liquidity provider profile: Millennium Advisors

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The DESK looks at fixed income liquidity providers business models in depth. This month, we spoke with Millennium Advisors' Laurent Paulhac, group CEO and Caroline...
June sees European bond volume bounce back

June sees European bond volume bounce back

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European volumes in sovereign bonds traded in the secondary market continued to bounce back to its near 18-month peak, according to MarketAxess data, with...
Middleton named global head of FI trading at Morgan Stanley IM

Middleton named global head of FI trading at Morgan Stanley IM

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Dwayne Middleton has been promoted to global head of fixed income trading, nearly a decade into his career at Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM)....
Debate heats up around Munis tax exempt status

Debate heats up around Munis tax exempt status

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The Republican Party is considering repealing the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds. A memorandum circulated by the US House of Representatives Budget Committee and diffused...
Pension funds take on trading

Pension funds take on trading

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When retirement funds bring fixed income investment in-house, they have to re-engineer the trading process. Dan Barnes finds out how. Many pension funds are weighing...
Case Study – BlueCove’s expansive view of fixed income markets

Case Study – BlueCove’s expansive view of fixed income markets

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BlueCove’s expansive view of fixed income markets. Recognising the need for smarter ways to assess market dynamics and connect with pools of liquidity, BlueCove has been...
How e-trading connectivity has been fragmented by sanctions

How e-trading connectivity has been fragmented by sanctions

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Sanctions on the Russian regime, on associated firms and on individuals have restricted legal access to some instruments and counterparties, yet portfolio managers may...