Treasuries reform and the buy-side trading desk
Growing automation and market relationships will mean regulatory change is only part of the story. Dan Barnes investigates.
Plans to make the US$543 billion-a-day US...
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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Could a secondary market work in private credit?
There is very limited access to secondary trading in private credit. Given the direct exposure to creditors, this might present a liquidity bottleneck for...
Credit trading desks seeing job cuts & hiring freezes, adding to operational pressure
Reports of reduction in headcount on buy-side trading desks at BlackRock, Nuveen and Wellington with cuts also reported at investment banks, are demonstrating the...
Beyond Liquidity: T+1 Testing Begins
DTCC, the US post-trade market infrastructure, formally started the testing program for moving to a shorter settlement cycle on 14 August so market participants...
Rules & Ratings: Delta gets a positive outlook upgrade at Fitch
Fitch Ratings has revised Delta Art Lines’ credit rating outlook from stable to positive, and affirmed its BBB- long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR).
This change...
JP Morgan leads DCM amidst primary markets retreat in Q1 2025
In the first quarter of 2025, global debt capital markets (DCM) activity retreated while JP Morgan maintained its position at the top of the...
Rules & Ratings: Covered clearing agencies subject to new risk management rules
The SEC has amended rules related to the risk management and resilience of covered clearing agencies, introducing new requirements around intraday margin collection and...
John Maggiacomo joins MarketAxess as head of North America client sales
John Maggiacomo has been named head of client sales in North America at MarketAxess, based out of New York.
In the newly created role, Maggiacomo...
On The Desk: Christine Kenny : Loomis Sayles
KNOWLEDGE AS AN ASSET (FROM DESK TO MANAGEMENT).
Christine Kenny, managing director, senior fixed income strategist, compliance officer and head of the London office at Loomis, Sayles...
CSDR warning for EM bond liquidity
The mandatory buy-in regime that will be introduced next year by Europe’s Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) could have negative consequences in the less-liquid...
Greenwich Associates: Streaming prices boost buy-side bond liquidity in 2019
By Pia Hecher.
Market intelligence provider Greenwich Associates has announced this year’s market structure trends, reporting that markets will remain volatile and exchanges will become...
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