Bond funds hit by massive fee discounts; active revenues predicted to fall
Bond funds are dropping their investment management fees by up to 37% - in the case of passive funds – from those of the...
SSGA: Treasuries, convertibles and EM on the cards for 2019
By Vineet Naik.
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) is predicting that US Treasuries, convertible bonds and emerging market (EM) debt will see increased investment in...
Tabb: Derivatives boosting access to liquidity into 2019
By Pia Hecher.
Analyst firm TABB Group reports the number of market participants using corporate bond index futures and bond index total return swaps (TRSs)...
Erik Tham leaves UBS Wealth for MarketAxess
Erik Tham has joined MarketAxess as head of Private Banking, for Benelux and Switzerland, leaving his position as executive director at UBS Wealth Management,...
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...
Concern over data dominates corporate bond discussions
Limited access to data is impeding quantitative analysis of best execution for corporate bonds, leading to a need for more qualitative analysis for many...
Focus resources on fixed income TCA, industry urged
By Joel Clark.
Market participants and technology providers must focus their intelligence and resources on developing robust transaction cost analysis (TCA) for fixed income, in...
AGI’s Böss: Margin compression and frustration with regulators
Doing more with less, and frustration with regulatory initiatives are the biggest stories for buy-side firms said Eric Böss, global head of trading at...
Greenwich Associates: Growth of electronic trading for EM bonds
A new report from analyst house Greenwich Associates has found that electronic trading of emerging market (EM) bonds has reached 70% amongst US asset...
SEC committee proposes bond issuance database for US credit
By Pia Hecher.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee (FIMSAC) has proposed that the SEC establish a new issue...
