Lead : Best execution : Dan Barnes
The best execution conundrum
Market structure, risk trading and the nature of time-limited instruments make reporting of best execution for bonds a challenge. Dan Barnes...
RBC joins ICE Clear Credit
RBC Capital Markets has joined Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Clear Credit as a futures commission merchant (FCM). RBC becomes the first FCM participant at ICE...
Rules & Ratings: EM credit risk on the rise, says Fitch
Fitch Ratings has revised its sector outlooks for APAC, Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa sovereign to ‘deteriorating’ from ‘neutral’ as credit risk rises.
Credit risk...
Trading: Best practices for the sell-side desk
Buy-side traders do not have time to waste, so attention is key to a strong relationship.
We asked buy-side desks about the best ways their...
Shumpert joins MarketAxess rates business
Nicole Shumpert has been named US rates product manager for dealer to client (D2C) by bond market operator MarketAxess.
Shumpert is a highly experienced operator...
Wave Labs launches Systematic Investment Application for building systematic credit strategies
Execution management system (EMS) provider, Wave Labs, is launching its Systematic Investment Application (SIA), a new modular system for developing systematic strategies in the...
Oppenheimer builds out distressed debt team with ten new hires
Oppenheimer, an investment bank and wealth manager, has built out its fixed income division with ten distressed debt team hires, as institutional investors seek...
SEC enacts security-based swap execution facilities registration rule
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has created a regime for the registration and regulation of security-based swap execution facilities (SBSEFs).
The new regulatory...
Vanguard launches new active global credit bond fund
Vanguard, which has US$5.3 trillion in global assets under management (AUM), has launched the Vanguard Global Credit Bond Fund, an actively managed fund to...
On the DESK : Vincenzo Vedda : DWS
Heading into a stormy 2019, traders need both confidence and evidence to achieve their goals.
What do you think a bond trader in 2018 needs...
Rates: The risk of weighting sovereign debt
By David Wigan.
Sweden’s sovereign move has fired a risk weight debate. David Wigan reports.
One of the lessons of recent European economic history is that...
IDX 2024: Buy-side strategies and derivatives benefits
During the ‘View from The Buy Side’ fireside chat at this year’s International Derivative Expo conference, Joseph Davidson, managing partner at Fulcrum Asset Management,...
