Stefano Dallavalle and Diederik Van Suchtelen join LedgerEdge
LedgerEdge, the distributed ledger platform for corporate bond trading, has appointed Stefano Dallavalle to develop LedgerEdge’s platform as product director. He joins LedgerEdge with...
Credit trading desks seeing job cuts & hiring freezes, adding to operational pressure
Reports of reduction in headcount on buy-side trading desks at BlackRock, Nuveen and Wellington with cuts also reported at investment banks, are demonstrating the...
Coalition Greenwich sees US bond trading volumes falling in Q2
A report by market analysis form Coalition Greenwich, part of S&P Global, has found that after an active first quarter, corporate bond trading slowed...
Flow Traders: Algos supported 20% of bond flows in 2022
A new white paper from exchange traded fund (ETF) market maker, Flow Traders, estimates that in the past two to three years, credit algos...
Franklin Templeton to buy Putnam Investments
Franklin Templeton has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Putnam Investments from Great-West for approximately US$925 million largely in equities.
Great-West will become...
Tradeweb confirms purchase of Australian bond trading platform Yieldbroker
Multi-asset market operator, Tradeweb Markets has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Yieldbroker, an Australian trading platform for Australian and New Zealand government...
Citi, Deutsche Bank admit breaking competition law in bond trading, finds UK watchdog
By Laurie McAughtry
The UK’s anti-trust authority, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), has found that five banks including Citi, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Morgan Stanley...
Halila Mazin joins KNG Securities
KNG Securities, the fixed income investment banking boutique, has appointed former Barclays distressed and emerging markets (EM) debt specialist, Halila Mazin, as fixed income...
Treasury futures open interest shows record uncertainty; surpasses 17 million contracts
Derivatives market operator, CME Group, reports that open interest (OI) in its US Treasury futures reached a record 17,222,551 contracts on 12 May, the...
Euroclear and BondCliQ create new fixed income settlement data tool
Euroclear is collaborating with BondCliQ, the bond market data as a service (DaaS) firm, to launch a new European fixed income settlement data solution,...
