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...
What traders need to know about inflation and volatility
Significant rises in inflation have not been seen within the careers of many traders – this is what they need to know.
As inflation increases,...
ICE Bonds and BlackRock Aladdin offer fixed income portfolio auction to buy side
Market operator Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has integrated its ICE Bonds integrated with BlackRock’s Aladdin portfolio and order management system (OMS) to offer access to...
Electronification of US credit delivers resilience
The electronification of the US corporate bond markets has demonstrated that its improved efficiency has strengthened depth of liquidity provision, rather than made it...
Quant funds assess the value of trading
There are huge variations in investment and trading activity across quantitative strategies, the Fixed Income Leaders Summit heard in Amsterdam on Wednesday, and the...
ICMA: Buy side struggled to make margin calls as repo dried up
A new report, ‘European repo market and the COVID-19 crisis’ published by the International Capital Markets Association, has found that some buy-side firms had...
Major concerns raised about repo
By Flora McFarlane.
Several buy-side practitioners have voiced warnings about the outlook for the ‘broken’ repo market, warning that European regulators needed to address the...
In uncertain times, corporate bond traders seek certainty of execution
Portfolio trading has emerged as a go-to mechanism to buy or sell many bonds at once.
Traders want the best price - but they also...
Tradeweb reports US$18.5 trillion traded in September
Market operator Tradeweb has reported a total trading volume for September of US$18.5 trillion, with an average daily volume (ADV) for the month of...
Cowen boosts fixed income outsourced trading team with two hires
Cowen has expanded its fixed income outsourced trading team with two senior hires, Vincent Governara and Chris Taliercio. Both traders bring over 15 years’...
