Government & municipal bonds | Investor paradox | Dan Barnes
SWIMMING WITH GOVERNMENTS.
Government agencies are issuers, rival investors, market regulators and controllers of interest rates; how do asset managers handle them? Dan Barnes writes.
Central...
Barnes on Bonds: Primary Gilt Trip
To see political risk writ large in financial markets, look no further than the UK. While Rishi Sunak has won the race to be...
SSGA: Treasuries, convertibles and EM on the cards for 2019
By Vineet Naik.
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) is predicting that US Treasuries, convertible bonds and emerging market (EM) debt will see increased investment in...
Bond funds hit by massive fee discounts; active revenues predicted to...
Bond funds are dropping their investment management fees by up to 37% - in the case of passive funds – from those of the...
Tradeweb’s October volumes reflect turbulence in European and US markets
Tradeweb, the market operator across rates, credit, equities and money markets, has reported an average daily volume (ADV) for the month of US$1.05 trillion,...
Rates: The risk of weighting sovereign debt
By David Wigan.
Sweden’s sovereign move has fired a risk weight debate. David Wigan reports.
One of the lessons of recent European economic history is that...
FTSE Russell weighs country accessibility for fixed income traders
FTSE Russell, the index and data firm, is introducing a country classification process for fixed income. The newly introduced fixed income framework, which is...
Connectivity platforms report FI deals ahead of MiFID II
By Sobia Hamid.
The growth of electronic trading in fixed income is driving connectivity between trading platforms. In 2016, Greenwich Associates estimated electronic trading of...
Granit Funds hires Erlandsson as head of fixed income from AP4
Granit Funds has recruited Ulf Erlandsson as its head of fixed income starting in August. He comes from the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4) where...
John Orrock joins Cowen fixed income outsourced trading
Cowen has expanded its fixed income outsourced trading team with the appointment of John Orrock as managing director. He will be based in the...
