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...
Joel Kim of Dimensional Fund Advisors on corporate bond liquidity
With Joel Kim, Head of International Fixed Income and CEO Asia ex-Japan, Dimensional Fund Advisors.
Briefly describe Dimensional Fund Advisors, including its fixed income trading...
US Treasury recommends HFT firms be identified in TRACE data
By The DESK.
In a review of market structure issued on 6 October 2017, the US Treasury has recommended closing the gap in the granularity...
Eurex and Newedge veteran joins bond issuance fintech
Jean-Luc Savignac has been named USA country manager at Onbrane, a negotiation and issuance platform, aiming at tokenising debt products and managing their life...
FILS USA 2023: High net worth clients are ‘wildly bearish’ but still at risk
Despite having a risk-off mentality, global high net worth clients are still heavily into holding cash and tech stocks, and could do with diversifying...
Algomi/Euroclear deal may open access to 373,000 bonds
Pre-trade data provider Algomi has significantly extended the universe of bonds for which it can publish trading opportunities, by signing a new agreement with...
Trading Technologies streamlines AI surveillance for fixed income and futures
By Pia Hecher.
Trading Technologies (TT), the producer of trading software platforms for automated buying and selling of futures, options and cryptocurrencies, has integrated its...
Re-designing the fixed income landscape
Benjamin Bécar, Fixed Income Product Manager at smartTrade Technologies believes that growing access to data is enabling buy-side firms to transform their trading workflow...
Implication of US bank downgrades on credit markets
Markets are truly feeling the economic pressures at present, with Moody’s downgrade to US financials on Monday following Fitch’s controversial downgrade of the US,...
Concannon to take the reins at MarketAxess
Market operator, MarketAxess, will see current CEO and chairman Rick McVey become executive chairman from 3 April 2023 as Chris Concannon, currently president and...
