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Hermes appoints Andrew Jackson as head of Fixed Income

Hermes Investment Management, which has £30.6 billion in assets under management, appointed Andrew Jackson as head of Fixed Income, reporting to Eoin Murray, head...

Liquidnet’s research reveals liquidity conditions improving

A survey of US and European bond traders has revealed that the liquidity in the fixed income markets is improving. The research, published by the...

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ICMA highlights key ‘dysfunctional’ areas of credit market

The International Capital Markets Association has reported on March’s sell-off and the impact on the corporate bond market, noting that “by March 18, considered...

Dealers warned about counterparty credit risk by ECB head

Using a blog post, Andrea Enria, chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) has highlighted risks facing the sell-side around...

Fink: BlackRock’s private credit strategy ties Prequin and Aladdin

In BlackRock’s second quarter (Q2) earnings call, CEO and chairman, Larry Fink, has set out the firm’s vision of expansion into private credit markets. He...

Details on MiFIR deferral regime still needed

A draft report published by Danuta Hübner, rapporteur for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs at the European Parliament, has detailed changes to...

LedgerEdge deploys on OpenFin

LedgerEdge, the distributed ledger technology (DLT) bond trading platform, is deploying on OpenFin, the desktop interoperability service. LedgerEdge’s web-based graphic user interface (GUI) will...

European trading strained in high yield

Comparing European high yield (HY) and investment grade (IG) corporate bond data from MarketAxess, the pressure for traders and investors in high yield markets...

Top trends in fixed income electronification for 2018

By Flora McFarlane. Analyst firm Aite Group has predicted six electronification trends for fixed income in 2018, highlighting further room for expansion for fintech firms,...