Exclusive: Katana’s intellectual property up for sale
The intellectual property of Katana, which provides trade ideas to bond investors, has been put up for sale by Hilco Streambank. Developed in-house at...
AXA IM: Credit downgrades increases concentration and liquidity risk in index investment
A decrease in the average credit quality of fixed income indices and intensifying competition for high quality assets present increasingly serious challenges for UK...
Raiffeisen Bank rolls out Chronicle FIX for global ETD business
Chronicle Software, a specialist provider of low-latency microservices and technology for financial services, has expanded its footprint in Raiffeisen Bank International.
The bank has rolled...
Ballooning margin costs hobble US treasury basis trade returns, research finds
Institutional investors betting on yield spread fluctuations between US treasuries are facing ballooning margin costs, new research from derivatives analytics firm OpenGamma reveals.
Rising margin...
Exclusive: David Kalita new CEO at Quantitative Brokers
David Kalita,
CEO, Quantitative Brokers.
David Kalita has been named chief executive officer at Quantitative Brokers (QB),the provider of execution algorithms and data-driven analytics for...
Glue42 aims to boost buy and sell-side internal collaboration
Glue42, the desktop tools integration specialist, has released a new version of its open-source platform, Glue42 Core. The new release, version 2.0, is designed...
On The Desk: Jim Switzer: On taking control
The AllianceBernstein credit trading desk has been refocused to handle market fragmentation and the withdrawal of dealer liquidity, giving its traders a commanding presence...
Liquidnet launches primary bond market offering as buy side demands innovation
Block-trading specialist Liquidnet is launching into the primary market technology space. Its new electronic solution, Liquidnet Debt Capital Markets (DCM), is focused on new...
Alison Hollingshead joins Jupiter AM
Alison Hollingshead has joined Jupiter Asset Management as chief operating officer for investment management.
“I am delighted to be starting my new role as COO,...
FILS in Barcelona: If the future is futures, what happens when the market is...
Moving liquidity from the spot or cash markets into futures is raising some concern amongst market participants. In FX, trading volume on the Thomson...
Credit Suisse unveils transformation plan for investment bank as Meissner exits
Credit Suisse has said it intends to take “decisive steps” to restructure its investment bank and focus on areas more closely connected to its...
Eurex launches EU bond futures
Eurex will offer futures on European Commission-issued EU bonds from 10 September.
The EU bond futures (FBEU) will be physically deliverable contracts with a 6%...
















