On The DESK: Putting trading at the head of the table
Frans de Wit’s elevated role as head of trading at PGGM Investment Management will help improve execution quality and trading efficiency for end investors.
What has...
EWIFA Crystal Ladder Winner: Amber Wright
European Women in Finance, Crystal Ladder winner Amber Wright, is Global Head of Fixed Income & E-Trading at RJ O’Brien and discusses maths, efficiency...
Consolidated tape: Can Europe replicate US market transparency?
Having spotted the need for a consolidated tape in 2005 – when the US already had one – Europe and the UK are so...
Technology: Educating data
Can better pre-trade data really unlock liquidity in frozen fixed income markets?
If buy and sell-side bond traders are to see real benefits from the...
Market structure: The alternatives in market making
The DESK profiles five of the major electronic liquidity providers.
Given the strains on market making in fixed income, it is vital that buy-side desks...
On The DESK: Kirstie MacGillivray, CEO and head of investment dealing, Aegon AM UK
As CEO of Aegon UK and its head of investment dealing, Kirstie MacGillivray has a unique perspective across the front office and the board room...
EWIFA Winners: Team players
Bloomberg’s Paula Fry, Global Head of Fixed Income and FX Trading Liquidity and winner of Excellence in Leadership, with Katharine Furber, Global Head of...
How to innovate in a volatile bond market
When trading teams are fully stretched it is hard for them to support innovation and change, yet Dan Barnes finds that the two things...
Karim Awenat – naturally curious
Karim Awenat, Invesco's head of fixed income trading, London discusses the skillsets, culture and technology needed to navigate the bond markets.
What are the challenges...
Trading: How to find liquidity in a drought
When market makers offer no bids for corporate bond trades, buy-side traders need to get creative.
Dealers are the main source of liquidity in the...
