Derivatives Forum Frankfurt: Efficiency drives towards multi-asset trading
One of the primary reasons for the adoption of multi-asset trading is to improve efficiency, agreed ‘Trends in Multi-asset Trading’ panellists at this year’s...
SEC committee signals direction for US credit rules
New fixed income committee sees pushback on structural approach to resolving credit market challenges. David Wigan reports.
As European fixed income market participants get their...
Sub-2bps bid-ask spreads in US IG are below pre-crisis levels
The US investment grade (IG) credit market is seeing very tight bid-ask spreads in 2021, according to the Composite Plus (CP+) data supplied by...
European Women in Finance : Hortense Bioy : Engagement is key
Hortense Bioy, Director of Sustainability Research, EMEA and APAC at Morningstar speaks to Shanny Basar about ESG initiatives and sustainability in her professional and...
Man Group reports profits down, AUM up
Alternative investment management firm, Man Group, has reported a 65% drop in profit before tax (PBT) in H1 2023 against the first half of...
Visualising aggressive pricing pressure on trading costs
Analysing year-to-date volume and trade number data from MarketAxess’s TraX database for US credit, and correlating it with the weekly average MarketAxess CP+ bid-ask...
Tom Nickalls leaves Ninety One
Morgan Stanley has appointed Tom Nickalls as a trader within its emerging markets credit team, effective August. He is based in London.
Nickalls has more...
This Week from Trader TV: Matt Howell, T. Rowe Price
ETF Innovations, 0DTE Options, and Fed uncertainty reshapes trading.
Thinned summer liquidity, surging ETF flows, and the growth of zero days to expiry (0DTE) options...
BondWave releases new version of Effi
Technology provider, BondWave, has released the newest version of its fixed income portfolio and transaction analytics platform, Effi 3.17
The new release expands BondWave’s suite...
ITG expands TCA into fixed income market
By Flora McFarlane.
Agency broker ITG has announced that it is expanding its transaction cost analysis (TCA) platform into the fixed income market. Covering around...
Ratings and Analysis: Is the life insurance the wobbly leg of finance?
US life insurer, Brighthouse Financial, was downgraded by ratings agency Fitch on Monday, following the announcement it was to be acquired by private investment...
How UBS Bond Port gives traders greater control during market stress
Traders were empowered by electronic execution in the sell-off thanks to market innovation. The DESK speaks to Graham Cox and Nicolas Masso, Global Co-Heads of UBS Bond Port.
How...
