Dan Barnes

The launch of FMX, the derivatives exchange chaired by Howard Lutnick, CEO of interdealer broker and services provider BGC Group, sets out a potentially bad picture for rival CME. “This will be the proper first time the CME has ever actuall...

Buy-side traders have observed that close ties in the trading team based on the targets on an investment – be that corporate or government based – can help optimise both trading and investment in securities, by designing strategies based on goals ...

The evolution of bond trading, through the smart application of technology and increasingly sophisticated market making is promising to deliver better execution, said Lynn Challenger, global head of trading and order generation at UBS Asset Manage...

Neil Palan has joined Sarasin & Partners, an investment manager with £18.8 billion in assets under management, as a multi-asset trader. Palan spent 16 years at Odey Asset Management, most recently as a trader and head of treasury, before the f...

Automation has historically been highly challenging in corporate bond markets for several reasons, but traders say some parts of the workflow ‘ought’ to be automated by now within buy-side firms. There are markets in which trading is so automate...

The cost of liquidity as measured by the bid-ask spread in bond trading has fallen by approximately 25% since the start of the year, according to data from MarketAxess’s CP+ pricing service. In real terms, the drops reflect falls of nearly ten b...

The latest BofA Global Fund Manager Survey has found that 76% of respondents expect two or more Fed cuts in 2024 versus 8% who expect to see no cuts. That said, but investors are reportedly less optimistic on inflation and bonds than they were ...

Jupiter Asset Management has trained its trading team on data and analytics in order to beat its rivals to the punch when finding liquidity and pricing in fixed income. Alison Hollingshead, chief operating officer (COO), and Mike Poole, head...