Matthew Cousens joins Clear Street
Matthew Cousens has been appointed EMEA head of electronic execution at Clear Street. He is based in London.
Clear Street held US$49 billion in assets...
CME reports record SOFR futures volume and open interest
Market operator and infrastructure provider, CME Group, has reported that a record 396,421 SOFR futures contracts were traded on 18 October 2021, surpassing the...
MarketAxess to buy MuniBrokers
Bond market operator MarketAxess has agreed to buy MuniBrokers, a central electronic venue serving municipal bond inter-dealer brokers and dealers.
MuniBrokers connects 14 municipal securities...
US credit e-trading race tightens, November volumes fall
US credit e-trading volumes dipped for both MarketAxess and Tradeweb in November, the gap between the two platforms narrowing towards the end of the...
Opinion: Regulators need to prioritise closing the market making gap
The one thing bond markets are really in need of, is more two-way liquidity in stressed markets. Yet that is nowhere on the regulatory...
Invesco global head of fixed income trading Glenn Taitz departs for Adroit
Invesco’s global head of fixed income trading, Glenn Taitz, has left the firm to take up the position of head of business operations at...
Jefferies picks Propellant for FI data analytics
Jefferies has selected Propellant Digital to provide data solutions for fixed income markets.
Propellant combines public and proprietary trading data to financial institutions, aiming to...
ASIC hits FIIG with cyber security failure fine
Investment manager FIIG Securities has been hit with a AUD 2.5 million regulatory penalty following failures to protect clients from cyber security threats and...
Control is the best defence
By Chris Roberts | 29 May 2024
With a growing level of scrutiny coming from European Regulatory bodies about the quality of data reporting, firms...
Origination: Brookings Institute: Threat from US debt levels very limited
A new paper by the Brookings Institute has highlighted reasons for concern around the growing US debt pile, and the dynamics that could affect...
IA opens best ex debate
by Dan Barnes.
The risks of pushing for quantitative execution analysis, when too little data exists to support it, have been revealed in a whitepaper...
MeTheMoneyShow : The ‘special’ relationship tested by derivatives trading
In this podcast Dan Barnes discusses with Lynn Strongin Dodds the UK’s overtures to the US in getting access to securities and derivatives trading;...
