Buy side

FILS 2022: Could ESMA ban RFQs?

The future of the request for quote (RFQ) protocol was being challenged both on and off stage at the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit in...

Head of FI trading Harrington departs BMO Global Asset Management

BMO Global Asset Management has confirmed that Marc Harrington has left the firm as head of fixed income dealing. Harrington is a highly experienced...

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,...

‘HUB’ approach to buy-side middle and back office unites rivals

A new technology-led company, HUB, is being formed to build a cloud-based operating platform aimed at transforming asset managers’ operations technology. The firm is being...

Harrington joins Columbia Threadneedle

Marc Harrington has been appointed as senior fixed income trader at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. Harrington’s carrier as a buy-side bond trader, last saw him...

Fidelity International: “A new era for interest rates”

Steve Ellis, global chief investment officer for fixed income at Fidelity International has outlined dynamics which could affect debt markets in 2023. “Fixed income markets...

Lead : BENCHmark Survey 2018

The DESK BENCHmark: Volumes down, efficiency up. Fewer traders are managing greater volumes of trading in rates, while the volume of electronic trading is increasing...

PLSA: Absorbed research costs must not impede transparency for investors

By Flora McFarlane. The majority of large asset managers are opting to absorb research costs rather than pass them onto clients, but investors must investigate...