Virtu Financial forms consortium to expand RFQ-hub
Virtu Financial, the market maker, broker and financial services technology provider, has formed formation of RFQ-hub Holdings to support the growth of RFQ-hub, Virtu’s...
S&P Global acquires With Intelligence
S&P Global has acquired private markets data, insights and analytics firm With Intelligence in a US$1.8 billion deal.
The company announced in October that it...
Absorbing Gilt
The year after next, the UK is set to issue £305 billion gilts to support the government’s spending programme. The high level of issuance...
Izzy Conlin & Bryan Knapp: On cutting through complexity
There is nothing simple about the task facing BlackRock’s dealing teams, who trade for some of the world’s largest fixed income positions. For Izzy...
Europe sees big drops in implied liquidity costs
Since the start of 2023, European corporate bonds have seen a greater drop in bid-ask spreads than has been seen in their US investment...
Worsening credit outlook does not hurt credit trading
The corporate bond market has stood up to the test of tariffs – but will the corporate environment? As earnings season kicks in, companies...
Jing Sima returns to BCA Research
Macro investment research provider BCA Research has appointed Jing Sima as China strategist.
Sima has close to 20 years of industry experience, and returns to...
Vara leaves BlackRock
Jatin Vara has left BlackRock after 27 years with the company.
In 2023, Vara was named co-head of global trading alongside Dan Veiner. Prior to...
JP Morgan announces global structuring management leadership
JP Morgan has reorganised its global structuring management team, following the expansion of Rui Fernandes’s role as head of global structuring, earlier this year.
In...
Mike Rosborough, CalPERS: On truth and transparency
Dating back to the 1930s, the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) is the largest pension fund in the United States. Mike Rosborough, senior portfolio...
Achintya Mangla to head up financing for investment banking at Citi
Citi has named Achintya Mangla head of financing for investment banking.
In the newly created role, Mangla will report to head of banking Vis Raghavan...
Interactive Brokers extends trading hours for US Treasuries
Interactive Brokers, an automated global electronic broker, has expanded trading hours for US Treasury bonds on its platform, allowing the firm’s global clients to...
