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Simon McGhee joins Virtu Financial

Simon McGhee has joined Virtu Financial, the electronic market maker, covering exchange traded products and fixed income sales trading. McGhee has worked in the...

High Court of Hong Kong: Evergrande insolvent

A winding up order has been made against China Evergrande Group, the troubled property firm, through the High Court of Hong Kong. In her ruling...

Santander, Ramirez & Co. and Mischler Financial Group join DirectBooks

DirectBooks has had Santander, Ramirez & Co. and Mischler Financial Group join its bond issuance platform. The three additions bring the total number of underwriters...

Houlihan Lokey adds to capital markets team with veteran hire Michael Hommeyer

Global investment bank Houlihan Lokey has appointed Michael Hommeyer as managing director in its capital markets group. Based in New York, Hommeyer will lead a...

ICE promotes veteran Christopher Edmonds

Christopher Edmonds has been promoted to president, fixed income and data services, at Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), based out of Georgia, US. Edmonds has been with...

Imogen Hepsworth joins Federated Hermes as trading desk expansion continues

Federated Hermes has announced the continued growth of its trading desk, with the appointment of Imogen Hepsworth - previously of MarketAxess - as a...

UBS AM: Central bank mandates could change as deficit spend grows

Barry Gill, head of investments, UBS Asset Management has said that the market volatility seen in US markets following Trump’s 2016 election victory may...

Juan Landazabal appointed COO Investments at GAM

Veteran of fixed income trading, Juan Landazabal, was promoted to chief operations officer (COO) for investments at asset manager GAM at the end of...

JP Morgan cleaned up in Q4 2023 fixed income trading

JP Morgan’s fixed income markets revenue for fourth quarter 2023 were US$4 billion, up 8% YoY, driven by higher revenue in the securitised products...