Private credit: “Don’t get involved now!”
Louis Gargour, chief investment officer at LNG Capital gave this late-cycle warning at a FILS panel dedicated to alternative investment in private credit. He...
“Vested interests” scupper primary markets electronification progresses
Bond markets are electronifying fast in secondary markets and efforts have been made in primary markets too. However, the level of progress was hotly...
Societe Generale hires Anu Iyanda
Societe Generale has appointed Anu Iyanda as an emerging markets credit trader in London.
Iyanda joins from HSBC, where he spent over three years trading...
“Artificial Intelligence won‘t replace actual intelligence”
Rising stars of the industry are keen to embrace new technology and work with senior colleagues – and if given the right opportunities, their...
FI at “beginner’s stage of execution automation”
Traders are increasingly using new technologies to aggregate data, identify trends, and improve execution performance. The industry has long trailed equities in its adoption...
Majdalani joins BNPP
Ray Majdalani has joined BNP Paribas as an emerging markets credit trader. He is based in London.
BNP Paribas reported €10 billion in net banking...
Why humans give the best execution
Understanding best execution requires an understanding that both explicit and implicit costs can have a serious impact on investment goals, and these often reach...
Strategically automate and allocate to survive
There is a lot to be afraid of in the modern world. Geopolitical shocks, inflation and black swans abound, and the old ways do...
Quant funds assess the value of trading
There are huge variations in investment and trading activity across quantitative strategies, the Fixed Income Leaders Summit heard in Amsterdam on Wednesday, and the...
PMs say treat LLMs like interns while vendors build on it
At the Fixed Income Leaders Summit (FILS) in Amsterdam, artificial intelligence (AIs) and large language models (LLMs) were referenced in most panels but two...
