First rise in sell-side FICC revenues for five years
The first quarter of 2017 saw a recovery in dealer revenues in fixed income, currencies and commodities, rising 19% against Q1 2016 revenues according...
Intesa Sanpaolo joins ICE Clear Credit, expanding European participation
Intesa Sanpaolo has become a clearing participant at ICE Clear Credit, the clearinghouse for credit default swaps.
“The addition of Intesa Sanpaolo to the...
Viewpoint: Ruben Costa-Santos & Milan Borkovec
Fixed income analytics comes of age.
By Ruben Costa-Santos, Head of Multi-Asset Analytics, and Milan Borkovec, Head of Analytics Quantitative Research at Virtu Financial.
Under MiFID...
Irvine swaps Aberdeen for BNPP AM
Jamie Irvine has joined BNP Paribas Asset Management as a portfolio manager on the global aggregate and absolute return team.
Based in London, he reports...
AFME report on rates trading suggests enhanced transparency could boost liquidity
A report by the Association of Financial Markets in Europe, and investment data management provider, Finbourne, has found enhanced transparency could potentially boost liquidity...
On the DESK : Lee Sanders, AXA Investment Managers
Lee Sanders, head of Head of Execution at AXA Investment Managers believes that increasing automation is the biggest issue on buy-side trading desks.
How has...
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The Fed’s TMPG begins consultation on clearing and settlement in US Treasury repo
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Treasury Market Practices Group (TMPG) has released a consultative white paper on clearing and settlement in the...
Citi bolsters Australian, New Zealand markets business with seven appointments
Citi Australia and New Zealand’s Markets business has expanded its team with seven appointments across markets sales, asset-backed securitisation and financing, G10 rates trading,...
The DESK Research: The state of liquidity for US mid-market asset management firms
In 2022, despite robust secondary trading volumes, many buy-side firms are citing worsening liquidity conditions and dealers have seen falling trading revenues moving into...
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Exclusive: BMO Capital Markets, Blaylock Van, and American Veterans Group join DirectBooks
DirectBooks has had BMO Capital Markets, Blaylock Van, and American Veterans Group join its bond issuance platform.
These recent additions increase the total number...
GreySpark: TCA is not fit for purpose in bond markets
A position paper by analyst firm GreySpark Partners has argued that transaction cost analysis (TCA) is too limited for its purpose, and will need...
