NatWest, Loop Capital, and TD Securities join DirectBooks
NatWest, Loop Capital and TD Securities have joined the DirectBooks bond issuance platform. The recent additions increase the total number of underwriters on DirectBooks...
FILS 2022: Meeting in the eye of tempestuous markets
The Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit is convening in Nice in the midst of a turbulent market, driven by a combination of rampant inflation, government...
Tradeweb steps into primary markets battle with InvestorAccess connection
Multi-asset market operator Tradeweb is collaborating with S&P Global Market Intelligence to introduce electronic connectivity between primary and secondary markets. The product scope currently...
Bringing innovation and liquidity to the US Treasuries market
Earlier this month, PIMCO, one of the world’s largest fixed income asset managers, published their view on how to improve the functioning of the US...
If you go down to the woods today…
The bond market is bearish at a historical level according to analysis by BofA Securities, with high yield down -16.7%, investment grade down -19.3%,...
Exclusive: Mediobanca’s rapidly growing credit business adds Marco Cravero as head of flow
Marco Cravero has joined Mediobanca in Milan as executive director and head of fixed income flow, as the bank seeks to expand its existing...
Exclusive: Spencer Lee joins TS Imagine as chief markets officer; sets out strategy
TS Imagine, the trading, portfolio, and risk management system provider, has announced Spencer Lee is joining as chief markets officer, to lead the firm’s...
Ben Wheeler joins RLAM’s fixed income team
Ben Wheeler has joined Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) as a fixed income trader.
Wheeler joins RLAM from AIG Asset Management where had worked since...
SEC proposes new central clearing rules for US Treasury market
US market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed rule changes to enhance risk management practices for central counterparties in the US...
SS&C connects with Trumid to expand access to corporate bond liquidity
Order management system (OMS) provider SS&C Technologies has connected with bond market operator Trumid, so its clients can trade US and emerging market (EM)...