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On The DESK : Stuart Campbell : BlueBay Asset Management

STUART CAMPBELL: OUTPERFORMANCE AND AUTO-EXECUTION. Leading the charge into electronic trading, Stuart Campbell tells The DESK how he has set up his team to prevail. Which characteristics...

B2Scan closes down

B2Scan, the pre-trade liquidity data platform for bond markets, has shut down after eight years. The CEO and founder of B2Scan, Frédéric Semour, was...

Middleton appointed global head of FI trading at T Rowe Price

Dwayne Middleton has been named the global head of fixed income trading at T Rowe Price, the US asset manager with US$1.12 trillion of...

Traders call time on outsized European market open hours

Buy- and sell-side traders have called for Europe to review its equity market open periods, which at eight and half hours is over 30%...

Viewpoint : Automated trading : Gherardo Lenti Capoduri

How automated can low touch get? Gherardo Lenti Capoduri, Head of Market Hub, Banca IMI speaks to The DESK. How are trading algos being applied in fixed...

How asset managers capture micro-alpha opportunities

Setting up your desk correctly can help to boost returns for funds and clients. When an opportunity arises for a fund to improve its returns,...

The fall of Europe’s brokers

Reduced competition could lead to higher prices for buy-side bond traders. The collapse of European brokerage houses is hitting buy-side trading desks in two ways....

How to secure balance sheet from your broker

Buy- and sell-side veterans tell us the best practices which persuade brokers to take risk on their clients’ behalf. Finding sell-side partners to take the...

UBS integrates Bond Port with iQbonds to increase counterparty diversity

UBS has integrated its Bond Port trading venue with iQbonds, the bond trading platform of software provider valantic. iQbonds is heavily used in the German...