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Berry joins First Eagle
Edward Berry has joined First Eagle Investments as managing director for alternative credit.
First Eagle holds US$213 billion in assets under management as of 31...
ICE launches pre-trade analytics tool for fixed income buy side
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has launched a fixed income pre-trade analytics platform, ICE Compass, which the company says uses artificial intelligence to rank trading counterparties...
Bloomberg and DirectBooks collaborate on primary market workflows
Bloomberg and DirectBooks have announced a collaboration on automated primary bond market workflows is now live.
The collaboration brings together DirectBooks and TSOX, Bloomberg’s fixed...
Exclusive: TP ICAP launches RealQ to electronify block bond trades
TP ICAP has launched RealQ, a new credit trading and data platform designed to optimise block bond trading.
"We're focused on electronifying the part of...
Citadel Securities, Deutsche Bank and more back FairCT
Ediphy has announced five major investors for fairCT business, provider of the European consolidated tape for bonds.
Barclays, Citadel Securities, Deutsche Bank, TP ICAP and...
ICE sees record OI in Euribor options
The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) recorded record open interest in Euribor options on 1 June.
The exchange reported that open interest in ICE Euribor futures and...
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The accelerating boat to China: A faster route for traders
China offers investors a wealth of opportunity, with the caveat that markets are not fully open. Where the authorities are cautious about changes to market...
Eurex sees lit credit future liquidity migrate to dark
The Bloomberg / Eurex credit futures conference in mid-January 2026 had all seats taken and attendees standing in the aisles. That bursting enthusiasm was...
Human battles machine in JGB market
Participants say electronic trading of Japanese government bonds has reached an inflection point, but others counter that the death of voice trading has been...
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...
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Trading Intentions Survey: Data and protocol innovation are the battlegrounds for...
The 2026 Trading Intentions Survey has found that data is the most hotly-contested field in supporting corporate bond trading today, while analysis of trading...
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Vincent joins Kepler Cheuvreux’s commercial paper development
Etienne Vincent has rejoined Kepler Cheuvreux as the firm expands its fixed income services.
Based in Paris, Vincent will develop Kepler Cheuvreux’s commercial paper (CP)...
Investor Demand: European corporate debt plays second fiddle to the US
Zachary Swabe, total return portfolio manager for European high yield and global credit at UBS Asset Management, spoke to The DESK about the current...
MiFIR: Controversy around consolidated tape proposal for revenue sharing with venues
The Czechia presidency of the Council of the European Union proposed amending the Markets in Financial Instrument Regulation (MiFIR) on 16 December 2022, with...
Origination: European leveraged debt issuance jumps YoY
European leveraged debt market issuance was up 61% year-on-year in Q3 according to an AFME report, reaching €147 billion – but fell 11% quarter-on-quarter...
Cboe Global Markets: Newer, more diverse liquidity in EM markets
A new set of emerging market credit futures is expanding the range of trading and investment support for specialist and multi-asset EM investors.
Nick Godec...
China opens up repo market with Bloomberg partnership
China’s Bond Connect programme has partnered with Bloomberg as it seeks to improve renminbi (RMB) bond market liquidity and boost foreign investment.
Bond Connect, run...
Muting Ren joins American Century Investments
Muting Ren has joined American Century Investments on its global Fixed Income Team. He will serve as senior portfolio manager and head of systematic...
Derivatives: Credit default swaps – The revival
Applying innovation from corporate bond markets to credit derivatives trading could boost liquidity at a point of market stress.
Single-name credit default swaps (CDSs) provide...
TS Imagine releases new features for TradeSmart Fixed Income EMS
TS Imagine, the investment and execution management system (EMS) provider has launched several new features of its TradeSmart Fixed Income EMS, all designed to...
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...
ICE rolls out suite of European equity indices
Market and infrastructure operator, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has launched around 600 equity indices covering the qualifying, listed security universe across 16 selected European countries,...
Big names out at BGC
Interdealer broker BGC Partners has made a wave of job cuts, as announced in April, which combined with recent departures has removed several heads...
