AXA IM: Credit downgrades increases concentration and liquidity risk in index investment
A decrease in the average credit quality of fixed income indices and intensifying competition for high quality assets present increasingly serious challenges for UK...
Editorial: Dealer consortium or dealer cartel?
A class-action lawsuit case alleging cartel behaviour by six prime brokers who “vacuum up 60% or more of the revenue generated by stock loan...
ISIN at issuance launched for Eurobonds by Origin
Origin Markets, the debt capital markets fintech, is launching an instant-ISIN feature, created in collaboration with international central securities depositary (ICSD) Clearstream, which is...
Staying the course: Outlook for 2018
By Boon Peng Ooi, chief investment officer for fixed income, at Eastspring Investments.
Over the past two years, a “strategy” of “tactically” trading risk has...
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...
