Simon Jones named head of credit markets EMEA at Citi
Simon Jones has been appointed head of credit markets trading for EMEA, in addition to his current role as head of global spread products...
Jacques Aigrain and Rana Yared join Tradeweb; June volumes up 18% YoY
Multi-asset market operator Tradeweb Markets has appointed Jacques Aigrain and Rana Yared as independent directors, effective 1 August 2022. Aigrain will chair the Compensation...
What bouncing US credit volumes tell us in June
Looking at corporate bond trading volumes over the past two weeks, data from MarketAxess appeared to show a recovery since levels plummeted in May...
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...
Exclusive: US Bank, KeyBanc Capital Markets and Fifth Third Securities join DirectBooks
US Bank, KeyBanc Capital Markets, and Fifth Third Securities have joined the DirectBooks platform, increasing the total to 22 global underwriters on DirectBooks.
Jimmy Whang,...
Credit Market Structure Alliance: The real market agenda
The CMSA, invitation-only event, is setting an agenda based on market professionals’ concerns, and has captured a groundswell of interest.
The DESK: What has been...
Arteria AI gets strategic investment co-led by Citi SPRINT and BDC Capital
Arteria AI, an enterprise digital documentation specialist, has received strategic investments from Citi Spread Products Investment Technologies (SPRINT), the strategic investing arm of the...
Barclays: Portfolio trading 8% of US credit market volume
Barclays has conducted new analysis into portfolio trading of corporate bonds, estimating the trading protocol now makes up 8% of US credit trading.
The firm...
J.P. Morgan to invest in electronic credit trading
According to Troy Rohrbaugh, head of global markets at J.P. Morgan, the bank will be investing in electronification of credit trading where it has...
Citadel poaches Rauseo
Kevin Rauseo has joined Citadel LLC, the alternative investment firm. Rauseo, who was formerly an executive director and head credit trader at rival systematic...
