CSDR mandatory buy-in delay welcomed
Umberto Menconi, head of Digital Markets Structures, Market Hub, Banca IMI, Intesa Sanpaolo Group
Since the financial crisis waves of new regulation and the need...
OTCX registers as MTF as UK trading venue perimeter rules begin
Derivatives trading venue OTCX has been registered as a multilateral trading facility (MTF) in the UK, in the week that the UK’s Financial Conduct...
IDX 2024: Divergence or convergence for EU and UK regulation?
Regulation is an ever-changing beast; panellists at this year’s International Derivative Expo conference provided updates on new mandates, progress being made and how implementation...
Ben Wheeler joins RLAM’s fixed income team
Ben Wheeler has joined Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) as a fixed income trader.
Wheeler joins RLAM from AIG Asset Management where had worked since...
FCA to submit bond tape legal defence this week
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has asked the High Court to lift its suspension on the bond consolidated tape contract award, and intends to submit its defence to Ediphy’s legal challenge by the end...
Citadel Securities trader leads USD rates at UBS
Kyriakos Manolis has joined UBS as head of USD rates trading for the EMEA region. He is based in London.
Foreign exchange, rates and credit...
GreySpark: Smart data analytics key in reducing trading costs
A new piece of GreySpark Partners research has found that spending by investment banks and asset managers on markets and transaction data in the...
Does the value-add of data justify the cost to bond traders?
A new report from analyst firm Aite-Novartica has found nearly a third of bond market participants and traders believe it is hard to justify...
NowCM and Liquidnet look to accelerate new issue workflow
The NowCM Group, a system and infrastructure provider for the primary debt markets, has worked with Liquidnet, the investment and block trading specialist, to...
Amy Koch Flynn named head of trading for strategic advisors at Fidelity
Fidelity Investments has appointed Amy Koch Flynn as head of trading for strategic advisors. She is based in Boston.
Koch Flynn has more than 25...
YieldX launches new bond investment and portfolio management suite
YieldX, a new end-to-end platform for fixed income investing, has been launched to offer a new workflow for sourcing and trading fixed income assets.
Using...
Coalition Greenwich predicts electronic revolution for the MBS market
A new study by Coalition Greenwich analyst Audrey Costabile posits that Mortgage Backed Securities trading will electronify over the next five years. Along with...
