Union Investment imposes a purchase ban on Russian state bonds and sanctioned companies
Union Investment has decided to impose an immediate ban on the purchase of all securities of the Russian state and a number of Russian...
Market reflects grim situation in Ukraine
The invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 by Russia, wedded to subsequent sanctions and travel restrictions have triggered a series of market responses...
Restricting access to derivatives
In 2022 regulation and market activity may see greater adoption of derivatives, but traders need to be cognisant of their limitations. Dan Barnes reports.
Derivatives,...
Women in finance: A fresh start
Roxane Sanguinetti, head of strategy at GHCO talks to Lynn Strongin Dodds about fintechs, ETFs and culture
Working at a start-up can be an adventurous...
Swedish regulator FinansInspektionen flags corporate bond markets for review in 2022
Swedish capital markets regulator, FinansInspektionen (FI), has published its priorities for 2022, including a review on the bond markets and fund holdings of corporate...
Charles River and LedgerEdge collaborate on DLT-enabled credit liquidity and trading services
Charles River Development, a State Street Company, is collaborating with distributed ledger bond market specialist LedgerEdge, to provide investment firms with access to corporate...
Tradeweb sees strong January; adds Jump Trading to European rates market
Tradeweb Markets has added Jump Trading to its European government bond marketplace to provide bank participants with streaming liquidity via the new Tradeweb EUGV...
AFME finds sell-side fixed income data spend up 50% over five years
A study by the Association of Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has provides a new view of rising fixed income data costs in eight...
John Orrock joins Cowen fixed income outsourced trading
Cowen has expanded its fixed income outsourced trading team with the appointment of John Orrock as managing director. He will be based in the...
Nash Panchal named new CIO at MarketAxess
Bond market operator, MarketAxess, has named Nash Panchal to succeed Nick Themelis as MarketAxess’ chief information officer (CIO). MarketAxess previously announced Themelis’ retirement from...
