Alex Pugh

John Maggiacomo has been named head of client sales in North America at MarketAxess, based out of New York.  In the newly created role, Maggiacomo will be working to expand the institutional client footprint across all product areas. Maggiacomo m...

Private market exchange ADDX has launched a blockchain-based multi-issuer debt issuance solution for firms to issue digitised commercial paper and bonds.  The digitised bonds from the Multi-Issuer Debt Issuance Programme will be listed and tradea...

Vanguard has appointed Salim Ramji as the firm’s new CEO, effective 8 July. Ramji, who will also become a member of the board, succeeds Tim Buckley who is stepping down. At the same time, Mark Loughridge, Vanguard’s lead independent director, wil...

Eurex has partnered with Clearstream and VERMEG, provider of the Eurosystem Collateral Management System (ECMS), to expand the use of collateral of its leading pan-European cash-driven liquidity pool. The collateral management solution connects t...

Dated fixed income markets are set to undergo a rapid technological transformation. But it is from a low bar, with fixed income 10 to 20 years behind other markets when it comes to technology.  The dated nature of fixed income technology platform...

International asset manager Robeco has hired an Emerging Market Debt (EMD) team, consisting of portfolio managers Diliana Deltcheva, Richard Briggs and Nicholas Sauer. The trio will complement the firm’s Emerging Markets (EM) offering with the la...

Citi has made a minority investment in Cicada Technologies in order to boost the electronification of the US$500 billion Mexican fixed income market. Citi will also act as a liquidity-provider for the trading platform. The Bank of Mexico estimate...

Man Group’s Sam Ratcliff has been named head of order management and analytics – markets platform technology.  Formerly heading up the firm’s execution technology division, Ratcliff has been with Man Group for five-and-a-half years. Prior ...