ICE rolls out suite of European equity indices
Market and infrastructure operator, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has launched around 600 equity indices covering the qualifying, listed security universe across 16 selected European countries,...
Regulation : Brokers warned on SI regime missteps : Dan Barnes
Regulators have expressed concern over banks’ plans for operating systematic internalisers (SIs) under the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II). Dealers have...
UK eyes extended settlement, pushes tokenisation
The UK is inching its way towards 24/7 settlement, with the Bank of England issuing a consultation paper about bringing the CHAPS payment and...
TS Imagine reports growth in volumes and user base for fixed income
TS Imagine, the cross-asset provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management systems reports it has seen average notional volume increase sevenfold in its TradeSmart...
Broadridge’s DLT repo volumes almost quadruple YoY
Average daily volumes on Broadridge’s distributed ledger repo (DLR) service reached US$354 billion in March, up 392% year-on-year (YoY) and 1% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ).
According to...
E-trading hesitation in European corporate bonds
Electronic trading infrastructure is growing in the European corporate bond market, but e-trading rates have stayed static from 2023 onwards, according to a recent...
Nicolas Pilorget promoted at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) has appointed Nicolas Pilorget as head of credit trading. He is based in Toronto.
Pilorget has been with the company...
Falling emerging market liquidity costs reversed with Fed concerns
Traders in hard currency fixed income emerging markets have seen a decline in the costs of liquidity this year, according to data from MarketAxess’s...
Beer leaves Aberdeen for MFS
Russell Beer has joined MFS Investment Management as an emerging markets debt trader.
As of June 30 2025, MFS Investment held US$635.4 billion in assets...
Chappell leaves Nordea IM as head of fixed income trading
Brett Chappell has left Nordea Investment Managers as head of fixed income trading, with his role being filled temporarily by Jakob Jessen, executive director...
This Week from Trader TV: Sarah Harrison, Allspring Global Investments
Shifting EU-US credit valuations, navigating data gaps, and the rise of portfolio trading
Sarah Harrison, senior portfolio manager at Allspring Global Investments, discusses the firm’s...
EC suspends best execution reporting which is “not read at all”
The European Commission (EC) has adopted a Capital Markets Recovery Package, as part of the Commission's overall coronavirus recovery strategy which includes increased leniency...
