AllianceBernstein CEO calls for review of daily dealing bond funds
Seth Bernstein, CEO of buy-side firm AllianceBernstein, has called for a review of daily dealing for clients, for mutual funds, while maintaining support for...
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...
BNP Paribas Asset Management names new head of global trading
BNP Paribas Asset Management has appointed Sophie Lugiez as head of the Global Trading Function (GTF). Based in Paris, Lugiez reports to Rob Gambi,...
Buy side wants new tools in primary market tsunami
Several buy-side traders report new primary bond market tools could come online this year in the US, with dealer consortium DirectBooks expected to step...
Big names out at BGC
Interdealer broker BGC Partners has made a wave of job cuts, as announced in April, which combined with recent departures has removed several heads...
BlackRock’s Rieder: Fed will buy at least $1.5 trillion in Treasuries in 2020
Rick Rieder, BlackRock’s chief investment officer of Global Fixed Income, co-manager of the BlackRock Fixed Income Global Opportunities fund and BGF Global Bond Income...
Not fighting the Fed on high yield flow
High yield bonds have seen electronic trading in the US increase, with liquidity enhanced by the Federal Reserve’s announcement on 9 April that it...
Liontrust – The trading team built for growth
Matt McLoughlin, partner and head of trading at Liontrust Asset Management, explains why expanding trading capabilities to match AUM and asset class growth needs...
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...
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...
