Industry viewpoint: Forging fixed income’s future
How technology is enabling data-driven execution and analytics.
In recent years, the electronification of fixed income (FI) markets has been followed by the development of...
S&P Global: European bonds slump to lowest first-half volume since financial crisis
By Thomas Beeston
European high-yield bond issuance is set for the lowest first-half total since the global financial crisis, as volatile interest rates and fears...
April Day leads AFME capital markets
AFME has named April Day as head of capital markets.
Based in London, she replaces Rick Watson, who announced his retirement in July 2024.
Day has...
NNIP sees three areas of opportunity under moderate rate rise
By Flora McFarlane.
With the Fed expected to announce a third interest rate hike in December, and European counterparts likely to follow suit, investors have...
KfW issues first benchmark bond via Deutsche Börse’s digital D7 platform
German bank KfW has issued its first high-volume benchmark bond as a central register security according to the German electronic securities act (eWpG) with...
US Treasury recommends HFT firms be identified in TRACE data
By The DESK.
In a review of market structure issued on 6 October 2017, the US Treasury has recommended closing the gap in the granularity...
Pacific Western and Banc of California merge, sell US$1.9bn in bonds, munis and treasuries
Banc of California has today completed its merger with PacWest Bancorp, with both firms shedding billions of dollars’ worth of agency commercial mortgage-backed securities,...
BMO expands etrading for Institutions and broker dealers to EMEA
BMO Financial Group has expanded its electronic trading footprint in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), launching its electronic trading services for institutions and...
“Carelessness, inattention, inadequate safeguards”: FCA hits back at Ediphy
The FCA has disputed Ediphy’s allegations that its consolidated tape provider e-auction process experienced a technical fault, and did not register its weighted average...
SEC fines BMO Capital Markets US$40m over misleading bond marketing
BMO capital markets corp. has agreed to pay more than US$40 million to settle securities and exchange commission charges over misleading marketing practices in...
Joeri Wouters: On the millennial trader
Balancing a trader’s discipline and the curiosity of the millennial generation is creating a strong approach to negotiating the evolving fixed income landscape.
What are...
Investor Demand: European corporate debt plays second fiddle to the US
Zachary Swabe, total return portfolio manager for European high yield and global credit at UBS Asset Management, spoke to The DESK about the current...
