Banks’ Q2 fixed income revenues see modest increases over year
Banks’ second quarter 2024 fixed income revenues have seen modest to substantial increases, with Goldman Sachs an outlier, witnessing substantial drops in FICC intermediation...
IARB welcomes FCA consultation on broadening access to UK bonds
The Investor Access to Regulated Bonds working group (IARB) has met with the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), as the regulator mulls broadening access...
valantic FSA to develop web UI for Nasdaq Rates Trader
valantic FSA has agreed to develop Nasdaq Rates Trader, a new web-based user interface for Nasdaq’s Nordic and Baltic fixed income markets.
The new UI...
Dimis Theodorou joins ING
ING has appointed Dimis Theodorou as managing director and head of its UK debt capital markets syndicate, with a focus on high yield, emerging...
French treasuries saw widest YtD median bid/ask spread following election
Following French president Emmanuel Macron’s unexpected snap parliamentary election on 9 June, the median bid/ask spread in French treasury bonds was at its widest...
Fink: BlackRock’s private credit strategy ties Prequin and Aladdin
In BlackRock’s second quarter (Q2) earnings call, CEO and chairman, Larry Fink, has set out the firm’s vision of expansion into private credit markets.
He...
Liquidnet boosts workflow through Boltzbit AI partnership
Liquidnet has partnered with Gen-AI startup Boltzbit to enhance its fixed income primary markets workflow using a custom AI model, allowing the firm to...
StoneX launches loan market liquidity platform
StoneX Group has launched StoneX LoanMatch, an online platform designed to improve liquidity access for institutional clients and banks in the loan market.
The platform...
FCA and IOSCO publish LIBOR cessation reminders
Both the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have published reminders of the LIBOR cessation date, 30 September...
Bond platforms see leap in June volumes year-on-year
Trading platforms recorded double digit growth in average daily volumes (ADV) in June 2024. Tradeweb saw its June 2024 fully electronic US credit ADV...
