Hunt: UK to set pension investment targets, launch market platforms and rebundle research payments
Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has set out the UK's plan for regaining its initiative in capital markets at his Mansion House Speech....
Smaller proportion of US Treasuries e-traded than previously estimated
Levels of e-trading in US treasuries in dealer-to-dealer (D2D) and dealer-to-client (D2C) markets have come into sharper focus thanks to data collected by FINRA...
Interview : Grant Wilson & Byron Cooper-Fogarty : Neptune Networks
Neptune’s new approach to supporting execution
Since launching in 2016 Neptune has grown significantly, enabling dealer to client exchange of axes between bond traders, and...
Industry viewpoint : Accessing China’s bond market with HSBC
Outlining the market impact of the latest changes in the Chinese bond market, Tony Shaw, Head of Institutional Sales APAC at HSBC, discusses the...
Rosa joins RBC
Adriano Rosa has joined RBC Capital Markets as a high yield (HY) credit trader. He is based in London.
RBC Capital Markets represents a quarter...
Technology: The real reason you cannot get a new trading system
Lynn Strongin Dodds investigates the barriers to adopting new technology.
Technological advances may be developing at breakneck speed but many of the barriers of adoption...
TCW targets alternative credit services growth
Asset manager TCW Group is expanding its alternative credit solutions.
The expansion is facilitated by Nippon Life Insurance Company, which is committing US$3.25 billion in...
Regulation Brings TradFi and DeFi Worlds Together
The European Union passed a legal framework for crypto-assets in the region in April this year, covering markets that are not regulated by existing...
MiFID II: New dealer economics
Explicit commission payments and a tabloid-style of attention-grabbing research are on the cards under MiFID II, as it reinvents investment economics in fixed income.
No-one...
What Mexico’s vol risk means for trading LatAm bonds
In Latin American (LatAm) markets, economic volatility may transfer into market volatility – most notably in Mexico.
In order to manage risk and seize opportunities...
FIX and ICMA collaborate on axe quality improvement initiative
The FIX Fixed Income Axe Standards Working Group is leading an initiative to improve the quality of axes in bond trading, in partnership with...
CME Group set to clear US cash Treasuries
A CME Group representative has confirmed to The DESK that the company is set to enter US Treasury clearing.
The news was first reported...
