ITG expands TCA into fixed income market
By Flora McFarlane.
Agency broker ITG has announced that it is expanding its transaction cost analysis (TCA) platform into the fixed income market. Covering around...
FIM Partners appoints emerging market debt trader
FIM Partners has hired Nicholas Nellis as a portfolio manager and trader focused on emerging-market debt.
He joins the London and Dubai-based investment manager after...
Sovereigns may be downgraded due to climate change
There could be a significant economic impact on the 25 countries in the FTSE World Government Bond Index (WGBI) by 2030 due to the...
Return of volatility – will liquidity shifts bend or break US Treasuries?
Disclosed trading and internalisation are increasing as liquidity is wrung out of dealers and electronic market-makers. Chris Hall reports.
As January’s storms ripped holes in...
The hidden liquidity in IBHY and IBIG futures
Real-money asset managers are finding that Cboe’s cash-settled corporate bond index futures – IBHY and IBIG futures – allow them to track ETFs in...
South Korean government bonds join FTSE World Government Bond Index
FTSE Russell has published the results of its annual country classification review for countries monitored by its global fixed income indices, reclassifying South Korean...
Euroclear launches new subscription-based fixed income liquidity data service
International central securities depositary (ICSD) Euroclear has launched Euroclear LiquidityDrive, a new data service, offering in-depth liquidity analysis on all fixed income instruments settled...
Broadridge acquires Itiviti
Broadridge Financial Solutions has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Itiviti, the trading and connectivity technology provider to the capital markets industry, in an...
MarketAxess rides all-to-all and volume growth to record revenues in Q1
Bond market operator MarketAxess has reported Q1 2021 revenues of US$195.5 million, up 16% on the previous year and a company record. While Q1...
Trumid picks EM head and launches EM Attributed Trading
Bond market operator, Trumid, has hired Ben Sobel as head of emerging markets (EM). He has over 15 years of experience in EM, in...
Mark Eardley returns to Commerzbank in algo trading
Commerzbank has hired Mark Eardley as an algorithmic trading specialist in London.
He rejoins the bank after eight years at UBS, where he was director...
The Book: Expectations for common European debt issuance
A report by Mario Draghi, former European Central Bank president, looking at paths forward to improve the European Union’s competitiveness, has found a solid...
