AFME report on rates trading suggests enhanced transparency could boost liquidity
A report by the Association of Financial Markets in Europe, and investment data management provider, Finbourne, has found enhanced transparency could potentially boost liquidity...
Glimpse Markets adds Exoé, announces payment-for-data model
Buy-side led data sharing utility, Glimpse Markets, has announced that outsourced trading provider, Exoé has joined its network for data sharing across corporate bonds...
AFME welcomes political agreement over CSDR mandatory buy-in
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has welcomed political agreement regarding the European Union's refit of the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR)....
People moves: Tumasz joins Oaktree; Trumid poaches Swaby; RBC expands DCM team
Erik Tumasz has joined Oaktree Capital Management as managing director and head of investment and trading technology.
Tumasz is well respected in buy-side circles for...
Symphony acquires Cloud9 Technologies
Financial markets’ infrastructure and communications platform, Symphony, has acquired the trader voice and electronic communication company Cloud9 Technologies.
The acquisition is planned to support Symphony...
Moody’s: Speculative-grade credit default rate to rise in 2023
Moody’s Investor Services expects the global speculative-grade corporate default rate to rise in 2023 as slowing economic growth, higher input costs and rising interest...
European credit – get it while it’s hot!
Bid ask spreads in European investment grade (IG) credit trading have fallen substantially over the past month, based on data from MarketAxess’s CP+ composite...
Reports: Ukraine raises nearly US$300 million in bond sale
Ukraine has successfully raised funds in the bond market at a time when Russian debt is becoming untradable. The proceeds from the bonds will...
Darren Bustin joins Schroders
Darren Bustin is to join Schroders Solutions on 1 September 2022, in the newly created role as head of Schroders Solutions Capabilities.
Bustin brings over...
Overbond and IPC partner on voice-to-AI supporting bond trading automation
Overbond has partnered with IPC, the communications and cloud connectivity service provider, to integrate IPC’s point-of-trade voice transaction data into Overbond’s artificial intelligence (AI)...
