MARKET NEWS
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...
Nomura Securities hit with special entitlements suspension
Nomura Securities has had its Special Entitlements of JGB Market Special Participants (Primary Dealer) suspended for a month as part of actions against unlawful...
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...
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
Derivatives: Buying the benchmark
By Fred Maple.
As ownership of fixed income indexes changes, buy-side traders are cautious of the impact. Fred Maple reports.
Three major purchases of fixed income...
Ancoa clients voice concerns about platform limitations
Kurt Vandebroek has stepped down as CEO of surveillance software provider Ancoa, at a period when concerns have begun to emerge from some of...
Portfolio trading on the up: fixed income electronifies and sell-side sentiment down, says valantic/Acuiti
Sell-side fixed income participants are witnessing the deepening electronification of fixed income markets, according to a report from Acuiti in association with valantic FSA.
As...
Stephen Grady joins Lombard Odier Group
Trading veteran, Stephen Grady, has been named head of global markets and executive vice president at Lombard Odier Group, the Swiss private banking firm,...
FCA consulting on bond and derivative markets transparency reforms
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on proposals to improve the transparency regime for bond and derivative markets.
The consultation, which is open...
Amundi US and Victory Capital to merge in new 15-year partnership
European asset manager Amundi is set to become a strategic shareholder in global asset management firm Victory Capital, following a signed Memorandum of Understanding...
European Commission fines investment banks €371 million for bond trading cartel
The European Commission has found that Bank of America, Natixis, Nomura, RBS (now NatWest), UBS, UniCredit and WestLB (now Portigon) have breached EU antitrust...
Trading automation in the fixed income market
Nicholas Bean, Head of Electronic Trading Solutions, and Ravi Sawhney, Head of Fixed Income Automation at Bloomberg speak to The DESK.
How much of the fixed...
Municipal bond traders push for better execution
A standardised framework of processes could emerge from platform providers and regulators to support electronification.
In a market without infrastructure, common standards of behaviour and...
MeTheMoneyShow : Retail therapy with Shanny Basar
In this podcast Dan Barnes discusses 'retail therapy' with Shanny Basar, who recounts the soothing sound of a congressional hearing into retail trading and...
Fixed income ETFs struggling with liquidity crisis
Fixed income exchange traded funds (ETFs) are reportedly struggling in the current liquidity crisis, while their market makers are trying hard to get delta...
CanDeal taps compliance veteran Louise Brinkmann to head up new benchmark division
CanDeal, the electronic marketplace for Canadian dollar debt securities, has established a new division focusing on benchmark administration headed up by compliance veteran Louise...
