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Imogen Hepsworth joins Federated Hermes as trading desk expansion continues

Federated Hermes has announced the continued growth of its trading desk, with the appointment of Imogen Hepsworth - previously of MarketAxess - as a...

Beijing Stock Exchange launches corporate bond trading

The Beijing Stock Exchange opened its corporate bond market on 15 January 2024 following testing of cash bond trading and clearing on 13 January....

Connecting the primary and secondary credit workflows

With issuance at near record highs in the first week of the year, credit market traders are keen to make more effective use of...

Citadel Securities’ new hires are reinforcing US credit market expansion

Citadel Securities has seen a spate of hirings on its credit trading teams in January 2024, supporting its expansion into the corporate bond space...

FCA consulting on bond and derivative markets transparency reforms

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on proposals to improve the transparency regime for bond and derivative markets. The consultation, which is open...

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%;...

Review of 2023 Trading: Trade sizes falling – in parts…

Looking back at this year’s trading activity, through analysis of MarketAxess Trax data and TRACE for US markets, we can see clear patterns emerging...

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...