Portfolio trading is booming in liquidity crisis

Portfolio trading is booming in liquidity crisis

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Ongoing market volatility has led to a spike in popularity of portfolio trading according to trading platforms, dealers and buy-side traders. Market operator Tradeweb...
Veiner switches to head of markets at BlackRock

Veiner switches to head of markets at BlackRock

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Dan Veiner has been promoted to head of markets at BlackRock Global Markets and Index investments (BGM). The business combines BlackRock’s market-facing functions with the...
Barclays Bank adopts CLS’s CCS service

Barclays Bank adopts CLS’s CCS service

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Barclays Bank has gone live on CLS’s cross currency swaps (CCS) service. The CCS service, an extension of the CLSSettlement payment-versus-payment settlement solution, mitigates settlement...
Get better at trading emerging markets credit

Get better at trading emerging markets credit

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A recent article on the challenges for banks in making a profitable business trading emerging markets (EM) credit has highlighted the complexity of the...
Origination: Switching between private and public markets

Origination: Switching between private and public markets

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The use of private versus public borrowing by corporations has changed during 2024, based on falling funding costs in public and the capacity to...
TransFICC: The Network is the Market – Improving access and automation in fixed income

TransFICC: The Network is the Market – Improving access and automation in fixed income

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By Steve Toland, co-founder TransFICC. Remember Sun Microsystems’ tag line from 1984? “The Network is the Computer” – meaning computers should be networked, or they...
GreySpark: TCA is not fit for purpose in bond markets

GreySpark: TCA is not fit for purpose in bond markets

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A position paper by analyst firm GreySpark Partners has argued that transaction cost analysis (TCA) is too limited for its purpose, and will need...
IMTC picks up another SMA services client

IMTC picks up another SMA services client

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US broker-dealer and wealth manager Amerant Investments has adopted IMTC’s systems as it plans to scale its separately managed accounts (SMA) provisions. Amerant Investments reported...
EC to review mandatory buy-in rules under CSDR

EC to review mandatory buy-in rules under CSDR

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The European Commission has stated that it will review the mandatory buy-in rules under the Central Securities Depository Regime (CSDR). The comments were made...
bfinance finds insurers’ move away from fixed income is accelerating

bfinance finds insurers’ move away from fixed income is accelerating

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Analysis by investment research firm, bfinance, has found that the proportion of insurers decreasing their fixed income holdings has been accelerated by the pandemic,...
CME Group shutters proprietary chat service, onboards Symphony

CME Group shutters proprietary chat service, onboards Symphony

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CME Group has replaced its proprietary CME Chat messaging service with Symphony’s communications platform. The transition was announced to clients on 25 February, and went...
Lynn Challenger: Riding out historical volatility

Lynn Challenger: Riding out historical volatility

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UBS AM’s trading team is designed to engage by choice, not necessity, allowing it to move in heavily directional markets for the advantage of...