Emerging markets

Alaa Bushehri promoted at BNPP AM

BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has appointed Alaa Bushehri as head of emerging markets debt. She reports to Olivier de Larouzière, chief investment...

Exclusive: Karim Awenat promoted at Invesco

Karim Awenat has been promoted to head of EMEA and APAC macro trading at Invesco, which has assets under management of US$1.6 trillion. Awenat...

What is driving down EM trading costs?

Analysis of trade size and bid-ask spread data from MarketAxess’s CP+ pricing feed and Trax market data, which tracks activity across markets, indicates that...

November’s bumper month for fixed income e-trading

Electronic trading platforms have reported a bumper November for fixed income trading, with CME reporting interest rate average daily volume (ADV) up by 42%;...

Get better at trading emerging markets credit

A recent article on the challenges for banks in making a profitable business trading emerging markets (EM) credit has highlighted the complexity of the...

LatAm sees e-trading momentum with support for all-to-all

In Latin America, 46% of trading in corporate hard currency bonds is conducted electronically, according to research by analyst firm Coalition Greenwich, compared to...

Halila Mazin joins KNG Securities

KNG Securities, the fixed income investment banking boutique, has appointed former Barclays distressed and emerging markets (EM) debt specialist, Halila Mazin, as fixed income...

Christian Laloe joins KNG Securities to support Latin American growth

KNG Securities, the fixed income investment banking boutique, has appointed Latin American (LatAm) specialist Christian Laloe as head of debt capital markets and special...