Guinness onboards Veysey
Craig Veysey has joined Guinness Global Investors as a global fixed income portfolio manager.
As of March 2025, Guinness reported US$10.8 billion in assets under...
What effect could retail flow have on credit markets?
Retail investment in equity markets has had two major effects on market conditions; one is an increasing engagement in direct trading into the market,...
Industry viewpoint: Automation – the road ahead
The DESK talks with Steve Toland, co-Founder of TransFICC about developments in fixed income workflow automation, what factors are driving this and why this...
Tapping the expanding universe of credit futures and options
Cboe has launched options on Cboe iBoxx iShares Corporate Bond Index futures, and widened its trading hours to further expand the user base and...
FILS in Barcelona: No clear resolution on data ownership but much good will
The challenges of data ownership and the commercial provision of data were tackled head on, at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Barcelona, with...
BNY bolsters digital cash offering
Certain deposits at BNY will now be tokenised as the bank pushes ahead with its digital asset initiative.
The service will initially be available for...
Block trading investigations follow a long trend
Several investigations reported in the press are following regulatory scrutiny of block trading arrangements. The investigations reported by Bloomberg, Reuters and the Financial Times...
“Tourists” in emerging markets challenge liquidity
Emerging markets have had a volatile year, intensifying the pressure on asset managers gain better access to liquidity and pricing. Pinebridge Investments’ Chris Perryman,...
ASX loses AUS$250 million on failed blockchain settlement project
The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) has pulled its project to replace its existing settlement system, CHESS, with a blockchain-based settlement system.
The project, which has...
Hamza Hoummady made head of European rates trading at Barclays
Barclays Investment Bank has named Hamza Hoummady as head of European rates trading, promoting him from head of EMEA non-linear rates trading, rates structuring...
Positive reception of FCA consolidated tape plans keeping pace with Europe
A consultation on plans for a consolidated tape of fixed income prices, announced by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has drawn support from...
E-trading on the rise in Japanese bonds
Japan’s initially slow adoption of e-trading is increasing in pace as local investors seek liquidity in local and foreign markets, according to a recent...
