When not to use portfolio trading
Portfolio trading cannot please all of the people all of the time.
The success of portfolio trading (PT) as a protocol has taken bond markets...
ICMA: Fully-automatic credit trading has grown; block liquidity has reduced
The International Capital Markets Association has found 44% of buy-side trading desks have increased their use of rules-based, fully automated electronic execution compared with...
Cboe: The future of credit is here – why credit index futures are finally...
David Litchfield, Director of Cboe Derivatives Sales, Cboe
After years of false starts, credit index futures have finally gained traction in institutional portfolios. The Cboe...
Hunstad and Roth take investment reins at NTAM
Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM) has named Michael Hunstad and Christian Roth global co-chief investment officers, effective 1 June.
They replace Angelo Manioudakis, who has...
Updated: Bloomberg launches all-to-all bond trading service
Bloomberg has launched Bloomberg Bridge, a new global all-to-all service that supports intermediated trading for corporate and emerging market bonds. Clients will initially be...
Adroit Trading Technologies names Michael Kraines chief growth officer
Adroit Trading Technologies, a buy-side execution management system (EMS) provider in fixed-income cash and derivatives, has named Michael Kraines the firm’s first-ever chief growth...
MarketAxess: CP+™ for ETFs: Improving ETF portfolio management with predictive pricing
In a recent conversation, Kat Sweeney (Global Head of ETFs and Data Solutions at MarketAxess) and Jeff Lenamon (Head of Portfolio Construction & Senior...
EM stabilising could encourage market makers
Emerging market activity has seen a reduction in volatility in the first half of the year, with both volumes and pricing levels falling slightly,...
Refinitiv report on fixed income trading finds strong appetite for automation
Refinitiv, part of the London Stock Exchange Group, and analyst firm Coalition Greenwich, have released a report on the evolution of trading in fixed...
Origination: Estithmar Holding issues QAR 500 million Sukuk
Estithmar Holding has issued a QAR 500 million Sukuk, the first corporate Sukuk denominated in Qatari Riyal. This issuance is the inaugural tranche of...
On the Desk: Malin Norberg on buy-side trading with a P&L
Norges Bank Investment Management’s almost unique position, managing a fund with a single owner, allows it a very innovative way of trading into the...
Insights & Analysis: BofA – Argentina’s global markets comeback imminent
Mid-term elections and an IMF agreement in Argentina this October could prompt the country’s return to global debt markets, Bank of America has predicted.
A...
