Origin launches Instant-ISIN 2.0 for Eurobond issuance
Origin, a debt capital markets fintech, has launched Instant-ISIN 2.0 for both allocation and activation of ISINs for Eurobond issuance, ‘XS’ ISINs, while also...
Exclusive: LedgerEdge to go into administration
LedgerEdge, the distributed ledger-based fixed income trading venue, has closed down.
Founder, David Rutter, said, “We can confirm LedgerEdge has closed, three years after...
IA opens best ex debate
by Dan Barnes.
The risks of pushing for quantitative execution analysis, when too little data exists to support it, have been revealed in a whitepaper...
Over stimulating?
The biggest new-issue news over the past week has been the biggest ever European stimulus package – the NextGenerationEU (NGEU) recovery plan – and...
Berry named global head of trading at Refinitiv
Dean Berry has joined data and benchmarking giant Refinitiv as global head of trading. Berry was most recently the global head of electronic and...
Swinburne: Traders should beware of radical change in Europe
Brexit will mean that politics will take precedent over principal, when setting policy in Europe, warned Kay Swinburne MEP, speaking at the Fixed Income...
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...
How Omicron has shaken trading desks
Investors and analysts are urging a cautious response to the new Covid variant – Omicron – after Friday’s markets saw the Volatility Index (VIX)...
Nick Taylor joins KNG Securities
KNG Securities International has hired market veteran Nick Taylor as an EM credit sales-and-trading specialist in London.
Taylor arrives after three years as an emerging-markets...
What is best execution and how can firms achieve it?
Gareth Coltman, Head of European Product Management, MarketAxess Europe offers his insights.
There is no doubt that MiFID II will have a profound and lasting...
Glimpse Markets adds Exoé, announces payment-for-data model
Buy-side led data sharing utility, Glimpse Markets, has announced that outsourced trading provider, Exoé has joined its network for data sharing across corporate bonds...
Regulators to take tougher line on green bonds
Green bonds have become popular in recent years but the lack of transparency over how proceeds are invested has made some investors nervous. This...
