Barclays Japan appoints JP Morgan veteran
Yoichi Takemura has been appointed head of macro trading for Japan at Barclays. He will be based in Tokyo.
Alongside overseeing the macro trading division,...
TP ICAP takes a minority stake in ipushpull
TP ICAP, the interdealer broker, market operator and data provider, has taken a minority stake in the UK financial technology firm, ipushpull.
The Series A...
TradeTech 2023: Fixed income increases share of ETF world
Fixed income is becoming a larger part of the exchange traded funds (ETFs) universe as investors and traders seek greater flexibility and liquidity, according...
Perkins joins Deutsche Bank
Sean Perkins has joined Deutsche Bank as director of high yield research. He is based in New York.
Perkins has more than 25 years of...
FILS USA: Growing disparity in liquidity ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’
Panellists at this year’s Fixed Income Leaders Summit agreed that industry collaboration, experimentation and greater competition are needed to improve liquidity across the fixed...
Europe will need to consider market liquidity to support issuance
NextGenerationEU is the EU's €800 billion temporary recovery instrument to support the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and build “a greener, more digital...
Opinion: Regulators need to prioritise closing the market making gap
The one thing bond markets are really in need of, is more two-way liquidity in stressed markets. Yet that is nowhere on the regulatory...
ION integrates fixed income solutions into XTP Execution
ION has integrated its fixed income solutions with its XTP Execution service, expanding client access to futures markets for trading and market data.
ION’s XTP...
How Omicron has shaken trading desks
Investors and analysts are urging a cautious response to the new Covid variant – Omicron – after Friday’s markets saw the Volatility Index (VIX)...
Technology: Desktop interoperability providers: What’s the difference?
Capital markets firms are improving trading efficiency via desktop interoperability technology, so we look at the different providers.
Desktop interoperability is not a new issue...
Harvie moves to Nomura
James Harvie has joined Nomura’s FX emerging markets business.
In the New York-based role, Harvie covers client-oriented risk solutions across foreign exchange, local markets, structured...
European Women in Finance: Isabelle Girolami – A fresh attitude to risk
Isabelle Girolami has been CEO of LCH Ltd. since 1 November 2019. She has since had to deal with a global pandemic requiring employees...
