Trumid picks EM head and launches EM Attributed Trading
Bond market operator, Trumid, has hired Ben Sobel as head of emerging markets (EM). He has over 15 years of experience in EM, in...
State Street serves up ‘Cods and Chips’ in European bond market rigging case
State Street has helped to uncover chatrooms, including one called "Cods and Chips" that are alleged to have been used by sell-side traders to...
Daniel Collins swaps gold for rates at Aurel BGC
Daniel Collins has joined Aurel BGC to head up its futures and options (F&O) rates team in Dubai, a month after winning a gold...
Hamza Hoummady made head of European rates trading at Barclays
Barclays Investment Bank has named Hamza Hoummady as head of European rates trading, promoting him from head of EMEA non-linear rates trading, rates structuring...
LedgerEdge calls for industry participation in bond platform design
LedgerEdge, a new emerging ecosystem for the exchange of data and assets in the corporate bond market, has said Tim Cook, head of business...
Location will determine bid-ask spreads for European bond traders
Where European bond traders and their counterparties are sat could affect the size of bid-ask spreads they are shown, thanks to a split in...
Eric Morrow joins Apollo Global Management
Eric Morrow has been named chief operations officer (COO) of trading at Apollo Global Management, an asset manager with US$550 billion of assets under...
ICMA: Buy side struggled to make margin calls as repo dried up
A new report, ‘European repo market and the COVID-19 crisis’ published by the International Capital Markets Association, has found that some buy-side firms had...
Why US and European exchanges face very different landscapes
While European authorities try to push more trading back onto stock exchanges, which have entered a period of consolidation, US regulators are angling for...
Barclays now streaming prices into MarketAxess Live Markets
Barclays has committed to become a dedicated market maker and is actively contributing streaming prices for US investment grade corporate bonds to the MarketAxess...
