Perkins joins Deutsche Bank
Sean Perkins has joined Deutsche Bank as director of high yield research. He is based in New York.
Perkins has more than 25 years of...
Gensler confirmed to depart SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that its 33rd Chair, Gary Gensler, will step down from the Commission effective at 12:00 pm on...
A very clear contrast in trading volumes as sanctions bite
The second chart this week shows trading in Russian government bonds which fell off a cliff at the start of March, triggered by an...
CUSIP requests indicate municipal borrowing to rise, corporate to fall
CUSIP Global Services (CGS) has found a significant surge in request volume for new municipal bond identifiers, and a significant decline in request for...
Moody’s strips US of its final triple-A
Moody’s Investors Service has cut the long-term sovereign rating of the United States by one notch to Aa1, citing the inexorable rise in federal...
Tourist traps in the credit market
Dipping in and out of credit markets can reduce the value of investments for the non-specialist, but also for more experienced investors.
In their 2014...
UK bond CTP suspension lifted
Etrading Software can finally sign the UK bond consolidated tape provider contract, with Ediphy consenting to the High Court suspension being lifted.
CEO Chris Murphy...
JP Morgan FICC e-Trading Survey: Inflation to have biggest impact
The JP Morgan annual fixed income, commodity and currency (FICC) e-Trading Survey has found that inflation is expected to have the greatest effect on...
IMTC picks up another SMA services client
US broker-dealer and wealth manager Amerant Investments has adopted IMTC’s systems as it plans to scale its separately managed accounts (SMA) provisions.
Amerant Investments reported...
How to get a better OMS
Electronification of bond trading makes order/execution management systems vital, yet traders feel they are having to push providers to keep pace. Dan Barnes reports.
If...
The DESK: Systematic trading
The DESK discusses effective systematic trading, the benefits to end investors, and the skills needed to create and run systematic workflows with Chris Minck,...
Liquidnet signs up to the Sustainable Trading initiative
Market operator Liquidnet, part of the TP ICAP Group, has joined a member of Sustainable Trading, a non-profit membership network dedicated to supporting environmental, social...
