FILS USA 2023: Market volatility has tested e-trading and instrument selection
Having had a challenging and volatile first half of the year from a liquidity perspective, not least because of a crisis in US and...
Fed’s Treasury Market Practices Group sheds light on March liquidity crisis
Minutes of the 31 March meeting of the Federal Reserve’s Treasury Market Practices Group (TMPG), including an update on a 19 March call between...
Treasuries HFT hack test results released
The impact of a simulated cyberattack on a high-frequency trading (HFT) firm in the US Treasury (UST) market has been released by the Treasury...
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FILS in Barcelona: Tough calls for investors
Big picture phrases like ‘higher for longer’ and ‘transitory’ inflation are too imprecise to guide a professional investor, the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit (FILS)...
Rising rates hit high yield availability
Despite some optimistic outlooks on bond issuance in 2023, high yield bonds are clearly seeing a decline in Europe, based on data from the...
Commercial Bank of Ceylon adopts Bloomberg’s Data License
Sri Lanka’s Commercial Bank of Ceylon (ComBank) has adopted Bloomberg’s Data License in order to access reference data, streamline its portfolio management and facilitate...
On The DESK : Alex Brause : The central bank’s buy-side trader
Balancing leadership and discipline with greater autonomy in trading. Alexander Brause speaks to The DESK and explains his role as head of fixed income...
ESMA clarifies CTP exclusion criteria documents
ESMA has clarified the documents that firms bidding to be consolidated tape providers (CTP) must provide during the application process.
In the first stage of...
Examining the (Thames) Water fall
In 2013 when markets still looked precarious amid the fallout from the financial crisis, utilities were a good investment.
With a near cast-iron cashflow...
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Landazabal to lead trading at GAM
Juan Landazabal is to join Swiss asset manager, Global Asset Management (GAM), as global head of trading, according to an email seen by The...
Enhancing the network effect in emerging markets e-trading
The friction of trading across a fragmented emerging market landscape is being drastically cut, says Dan Burke, MarketAxess.
The DESK spoke with Dan Burke, who...
Mizuho senior departs for Deutsche Bank
Amedeo Scippacercola has joined Deutsche Bank as a European government bond trader. He is based in London.
Within Deutsche Bank’s investment bank division, fixed income...
