Buy side

Python eats traders

By Chris Hall. Balancing man and machine will be the critical success factor for buy-side trading desks, delegates were told in Thursday’s head trader keynote...

How the ICMA got firm on bond pricing

Buy-side traders have long decried the lack of executable price in bond markets. For the best part of a decade the electrification of these...

Mike O’Brien made co-director global income at Eaton Vance

Michael O’Brien has been promoted to co-director global income at Eaton Vance, from his role as director of global trading, which he held since...

Bond e-Trading prices still off; central banks adding to turmoil

Buy-side traders are still reporting “violent moves” in fixed income. In a liquidity crisis, investors are reliant on their asset managers’ traders to support...

Kluth named head of dealing at AMP Capital

Dylan Kluth has been promoted to head of dealing at AMP Capital, seven years after taking up his first trading role as an equity...

Complex environment requires multi-model approach to data science

In fixed income, the most effective investment and trading models can be those built to withstand uncertainty. Speaking at the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit...

Market Analysis: Pressure on US dealing desks is changing priorities in 2020

New analysis of market activity this year has observed that while issuance is “racing toward historic annual highs” there is no corresponding increase in...

Internal crossing for US bond trading needs ‘principles-based’ approach

Buy-side firms have roundly supported Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposals to allow internal crossing of fixed income trades in the US market, however...

FCA says HFT firms exacerbate and profit from flash crashes

A paper published by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has said that high-frequency trading (HFT) firms and agency traders exacerbate flash crashes in the...