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Oppenheimer & Co adds three MDs to IG sales team

Oppenheimer & Co has hired Perren Thomas, Dennis Megley and Mike Henneberry onto its investment grade (IG) desk. Each will serve as managing directors...

Swedish broker shut for pushing risky bonds and illicit issuer payments

Swedish market regulator, Finansinspektionen (FI), has revoked all permits for Nord Fondkommission AB (Nord FK) to continue trading. Nord FK is a securities firm whose...

Electronic trading volume in US fixed income hits record

Electronic trading of US investment-grade and high-yield bonds reached an all-time high in July according to data from Coalition Greenwich. Overall electronic trading accounted for...

Tradeweb poaches Dan Cleaves to lead Dealerweb CLOB

Market operator Tradeweb has appointed Dan Cleaves, the former CEO of Brokertec Americas, as a managing director in its Dealerweb wholesale unit. He said, “The...

Trumid launches emerging markets trading

Fixed income market operator Trumid, has launched emerging markets bond trading on its Trumid Market Center platform. Market Center connects fixed income professionals to a...

CFTC & SEC: JP Morgan manipulated Treasuries market during flash crash period

US market regulators the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have fined JP Morgan over US$920 million in penalties...

Harrington joins Columbia Threadneedle

Marc Harrington has been appointed as senior fixed income trader at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. Harrington’s carrier as a buy-side bond trader, last saw him...

Buy side wants new tools in primary market tsunami

Several buy-side traders report new primary bond market tools could come online this year in the US, with dealer consortium DirectBooks expected to step...