Trading Intentions Survey 2017: US Focus
Firms with US credit desks are checking out Algomi, KCG Bondpoint and Trumid.
About the survey: The Trading Intentions Survey is conducted by The DESK, asking...
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Criticism of price formation in Gilt syndication defended by UK’s Debt Management Office
Challenges to the process of UK government bond (Gilt) pricing by syndicate banks, made by member of parliament, Mel Stride, chair of the Treasury...
TradingScreen and Imagine Software to merge; Flatley named CEO of new entity
Private equity firm Francisco Partners, which The DESK revealed has acquired TradingScreen, a provider of trading execution and order management software, is to merge...
Ellipsis AM boosts convertible management team
Convertible management specialist Ellipsis Asset Management, a subsidiary of the Kepler Cheuvreux group, has acquired Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management’s convertible bond management business.
Through...
Trumid: Portfolio trading comes of age
For an institutional investment manager that needs to add or reduce risk in its corporate bond portfolio, being able to trade a custom basket...
How to overcome the hidden challenges of new derivatives regulation : OpenGamma
By Peter Rippon, CEO, OpenGamma.
New regulation introduced to mitigate the systemic risk associated with both cleared and uncleared OTC derivatives has also brought about additional...
CFTC Chair Behnam to Step Down Amid Regulatory Transition
Rostin Behnam, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has announced his departure after steering the agency through a transformative period in digital and...
ICE Data fine is symptomatic of bond data challenge
ICE Data Pricing & Reference Data (PRD) has been fined by US$8 million by US market regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), for...
Redha Achour leads Citadel Securities’ APAC credit trading
Redha Achour has joined Citadel Securities as APAC head of credit trading. He is based in Hong Kong.
Achour has more than 15 years of...
Eurex launches the first futures on a Euro High Yield Index
From 17 October 2022, Eurex will offer market participants the opportunity to hedge the Euro-denominated high-yield corporate bond market in Europe.
This segment has been...
Buy-side desks swing extra US$2.1 million into fixed income trading technology
By Sobia Hamid.
On average buy-side fixed income desks pushed US$2.1 million of additional budget into technology in 2016, according to new research from analyst...
Concannon joins MarketAxess from CBOE; New US exchange to fight incumbents
Bond venue operator and data provider MarketAxess has named Chris Concannon, as president and chief operating officer, effective as of January 22, 2019.
He will...
