ISDA has named Jeroen Krens as board chair
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has appointed Jeroen Krens as its new board chair, effective 1st of January 2025. He succeeds Eric...
If you go down to the woods today…
The bond market is bearish at a historical level according to analysis by BofA Securities, with high yield down -16.7%, investment grade down -19.3%,...
TransFICC: The European bond market – changing by the microsecond
By Judd Gaddie, Co-Founder TransFICC
Advantages have always been sought by traders, often resulting in a race to obtain information before competitors. Incorporating new technology...
OMS, EMS or something in between?
Many firms are considering merging their order management systems (OMSs) and execution management systems (EMSs), but oversimplification could be counterproductive, delegates at this year’s...
Katharine Furber switches to FX at Bloomberg
Bloomberg has named Katharine Furber as global head of FX trading.
Furber has been with the firm since 2010, most recently as global head of...
The Book: Clearwater Analytics releases commercial paper issuance tool
Clearwater Analytics has released a commercial paper (CP) issuance tool, aiming to improve firms’ efficiency by providing a real-time view of issuances.
With the goal...
September ADV: E-trading platforms see volumes soar
Fixed income platforms saw their average daily volume (ADV) in September reach record highs with MarketAxess witnessing a 52% increase compared to September last...
Mosaic Smart Data appoints Oxford Professor as Scientific Advisor
Rama Cont, Professor of Mathematical Finance, joins as Scientific Advisor
London, June 2019: Mosaic Smart Data (Mosaic), the real-time capital markets data analytics company, has...
BondBloxx outsources trading to Northern Trust
Northern Trust providing outsourced trading services to BondBloxx, an issuer of fixed income exchange traded funds (ETFs) which recently surpassed US$1 billion in assets...
AFME: EU retail investor proposals may negatively impact wholesale markets
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has outlined its concerns with the European Commission’s Retail Investment Strategy (RIS), with some of the...
Morningstar: Sukuk market grows despite liquidity and concentration risk
According to Morningstar, at the end of 2024, the global sukuk markets, which represents Islamic securities structured to replicate conventional bonds, reached US$930 billion...
ESMA moves to tighten up algo surveillance
Algo trading has grown increasingly complex over the last decade. In 2007, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) permitted competition with the national...
