Bilateral electronic bond trading gains ground with UBS AM and JP Morgan’s FlexTrade connection
FlexTrade Systems, the execution and order management system (EOMS) provider has facilitated a direct electronic execution between UBS Asset Management and JP Morgan in...
SEC forms Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee
By Flora McFarlane.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the formation and first members of its Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee.
The committee,...
Wells Fargo Asset Management becomes Allspring Global Investments
Allspring Global Investments has officially commenced operations as an independent asset management firm, as a US-based manager with US$587 billion assets under management (AUM)....
EM in ‘limbo’ provides trading and pricing challenges
Emerging market bond funds have seen outflows continue to slow significantly, with Morgan Stanley’s analysts estimating it at US$1.8 billion, equating to about 0.42%...
FILS US 2023: Technology tipping point was years ago, says BlackRock research chief –...
Stefano Pasquali, head of liquidity and trading research at BlackRock, told Coalition Greenwich’s Bob Fink that when it comes to technology, the focus now...
MiFIR: Controversy around consolidated tape proposal for revenue sharing with venues
The Czechia presidency of the Council of the European Union proposed amending the Markets in Financial Instrument Regulation (MiFIR) on 16 December 2022, with...
Joeri Wouters: On the millennial trader
Balancing a trader’s discipline and the curiosity of the millennial generation is creating a strong approach to negotiating the evolving fixed income landscape.
What are...
Asset managers ‘not investment firms’ under MiFID II?
By Flora McFarlane & Dan Barnes.
Several European investment managers have reportedly claimed that they will not be classified as investment firms under the revised...
Michael O’Brien leaves Eaton Vance for new firm
Michael O’Brien, former director of global trading at Eaton Vance, has joined Artisan Partners Asset Management with several colleagues. Artisan has announced that O’Brien,...
Adroit wins Invesco, connects to LedgerEdge
Adroit Trading Technologies, a trading system provider for institutional buy-side managers, has been mandated as an execution management system (EMS) across over the counter...
