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King-Smith back at BNPP
Jake King-Smith has returned to BNP Paribas as head of corporate rates and FX for the UK, Middle East and Africa.
In the role, he...
ICMA 2026: Traders see AI everywhere, all at once
While some in the market may be trying to keep their AI practices quiet, speakers at this year’s ICMA conference in London were proud...
ICMA 2026: Top five concerns with European transparency regime
A panel of experts has outlined ongoing issues with transparency in Europe at the ICMA annual AGM in London, speaking under the Chatham House...
ICMA 2026: Signs of US decline could be Europe’s time to shine
Geopolitical turmoil is increasing global fragmentation but could be a driving force for European consolidation, according to speakers at ICMA’s 2026 AGM and Conference...
Cheung promoted at ICE
Penny Cheung has been promoted to head of interest rate derivatives at ICE.
Based in London, she is responsible for multicurrency interest rate futures and...
ICMA 2026: How digitalisation can reduce market stress
At the ICMA conference on 28 May 2026, Samara Cohen, global head of market development at BlackRock, laid out an agenda to accelerate market...
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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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AFME: Buy- and sell-side debate value of new bond trading protocols
At the inaugural AFME Bond Trading, Innovation and Evolution Forum, panellists discussed the future opportunities of the international bond markets. As the discussion drew...
Wells Fargo Asset Management becomes Allspring Global Investments
Allspring Global Investments has officially commenced operations as an independent asset management firm, as a US-based manager with US$587 billion assets under management (AUM)....
AI is giving credit traders extra digits
Artificial intelligence is helping to refine bond‑trading workflows with a speed and depth that would have seemed improbable even a few years ago. Fixed‑income...
Viewpoint: Technology and the evolution of fixed income trading
Steve Toland, co-founder TransFICC
The fixed income and derivatives market is evolving, rapidly migrating away from the phone onto electronic venues. Electronic trading satisfies the...
Trading Intentions Survey 2017: US Focus
Firms with US credit desks are checking out Algomi, KCG Bondpoint and Trumid.
About the survey: The Trading Intentions Survey is conducted by The DESK, asking...
BlueCrest poaches Sam Tabari from Goldman
BlueCrest Capital Management has hired former Goldman Sachs rates trader Sam Tabari as a senior portfolio manager on its London-based global-macro desk.
He will run...
European Women in Finance : Nandini Sukumar : Finding a voice
Nandini Sukumar, CEO of World Federation of Exchanges talks to Lynn Strongin Dodds about vision, strategy and consensus building.
In the five years since Nandini...
FILS USA: How can high yield be traded efficiently in a risk off environment?
Banks are stepping back from taking risk in high yield trading. Trading in a risk-off environment in normal circumstances can be challenging as spreads...
Obligation to clear could be delayed to 2019 for smaller derivatives users
For financial counterparties, and certain funds classified as non-financial counterparties, whose individual aggregate positions in over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives are €8 billion or below, the...
BondDroid AI now available within TS Imagine’s TradeSmart fixed income EMS
TS Imagine has made 7 Chord’s BondDroid AI available within the TradeSmart fixed income EMS.
BondDroid AI applies real-time continuous learning technology to generate accurate...
Analysing concern around Japan’s government bond issuance and interdealer inefficiency
The appointment of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister has drawn comparisons with two of the...
US credit e-trading race tightens, November volumes fall
US credit e-trading volumes dipped for both MarketAxess and Tradeweb in November, the gap between the two platforms narrowing towards the end of the...
