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LGAM bolsters London team
Legal & General Asset Management has made two appointments in its London office, with Ryan Lee named head of liquidity distribution and Euan Martin...
Massaad Scott leaves Nomura as new London prop desk closes, again
Sources have confirmed to The Desk that Pamela Massaad Scott has left Nomura following the closure of the bank’s proprietary trading desk in London,...
Scottish ‘vanity’ issuance project puts investors at risk from independence
The Scottish Government has confirmed plans to enter the bond market and issue £1.5bn of debt in 2026-2027.
Ben Ashby, chief investment officer at...
Milei’s victory saw Argentinian debt traders reach for rapid risk transfer
In late October 2025, Argentine President Javier Milei’s party, La Libertad Avanza, scored a decisive win, in the country’s midterm elections, a political triumph...
October credit futures’ activity cools after September busy roll month
In October trading volumes of credit futures at Eurex, Cboe global markets and CME cooled after the September roll month, but open interest continued...
Scotland rated AA/Aa3 ahead of debut ‘kilt’ bonds
Scotland has received its first standalone credit ratings from Moody’s and S&P Global, with both agencies placing the Scottish Government on the same high...
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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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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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More EM platform consolidation amid liquidity challenges
Emerging markets have offered a strong opportunity for yield in recent years, albeit with greater credit risk and FX volatility, however getting access to markets...
The trouble with Treasuries
The DESK asks Susan Estes, CEO, OpenDoor Trading LLC., for her insights into the US Treasuries market.
How would you describe the depth and width...
“There is still an edge in systematic trading”
Systematic trading is often associated with highly liquid instruments, but asset managers have outlined success stories in less liquid debt markets, at 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...
FILS EU 2025: Traders need to take control of their future
While the European and UK consolidated tape fiascos are dominating gossip around the Fixed income Leaders Summit in Amsterdam, other big themes are clearly...
EXCLUSIVE: abrdn’s automation journey sees no-touch jump
Louise Drummond, global head of investment execution at abrdn, discusses the firm’s path towards workflow automation – an achievement that has been almost a...
Buy-side fights back against primary market pressure
As new platforms promise to increase efficiency in bond issuance, buy-side firms are looking for leverage to drive change, and not only through technology.
The...
Dean Berry to lead MarketAxess EMEA and APAC
MarketAxess has named Dean Berry as group CEO and chief operating officer for the EMEA and APAC regions, effective Q4 2025.
He replaces Christophe Roupie,...
Trading: Are bond markets broken?
Stressed events – like the gilt market turmoil – are proving too much for the secondary markets to handle.
Behind closed doors, senior traders are...
Aegon AM: Bond market liquidity fears ‘overblown’
Fears over a potential liquidity crisis in the corporate bond market are “significantly overblown”, according to Adrian Hull, head of core fixed income at...
AXA IM appoints Yannig Loyer as global head of trading
AXA Investment Managers has appointed Yannig Loyer as global head of trading. In a statement the firm observed this is a “key role given...
Mosaic Smart Data appoints Oxford Professor as Scientific Advisor
Rama Cont, Professor of Mathematical Finance, joins as Scientific Advisor
London, June 2019: Mosaic Smart Data (Mosaic), the real-time capital markets data analytics company, has...
