The Book: Barclays makes four investment banking appointments
Barclays has made a number of appointments within its investment banking division. By shoring up its investment banking business, the firm may be looking...
In retail fixed income, trust trumps education
Fixed income markets are complex and esoteric compared with equities.
Retail market participants are more interested in bonds than they had been for years, given...
MiFID II: New dealer economics
Explicit commission payments and a tabloid-style of attention-grabbing research are on the cards under MiFID II, as it reinvents investment economics in fixed income.
No-one...
Making a credit desk simpler
Getting a clear picture of the complex corporate bond market means that at some point, a lot of information has to be brought together...
How to secure balance sheet from your broker
Buy- and sell-side veterans tell us the best practices which persuade brokers to take risk on their clients’ behalf.
Finding sell-side partners to take the...
Buy side calls for reform in US Treasuries
Treasuries market under the spotlight as US finance ministry takes stock in one of the most sweeping reviews of its kind. Anna Reitman reports.
The...
Deciphering the Size of the Portfolio Trading Market: Ted Husveth
Ted Husveth, Managing Director, Credit Product Manager, Tradeweb.
In our last blog post, we examined what a typical portfolio trade on our platform looks like...
BNY Mellon adds agency MBS to new DTCC cleared repo sponsored member programme
US post-trade market infrastructure giant, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), has launched its Sponsored General Collateral (GC) Service, a new offering from...
Axess All Prints: Real-time trade-level transparency for EU & UK markets
MarketAxess reveals how it has enhanced its original EU & UK trade tape, Axess All, to deliver a new level of transparency for clients and...
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...
Morningstar: Sukuk market grows despite liquidity and concentration risk
According to Morningstar, at the end of 2024, the global sukuk markets, which represents Islamic securities structured to replicate conventional bonds, reached US$930 billion...
Getting better liquidity through efficient trading
Several new and evolving trends are providing access to pricing and liquidity for buy-side firms, as Olivier Cajfinger, managing director and head of global...
