MetLife Investment Management acquires Mesirow teams
MetLife Investment Management (MIM) has agreed to acquire the high yield, bank loan and strategic fixed income teams.
The transaction also includes Mesirow’s small-cap equity...
Eurex consolidates asset classes trading and clearing
Eurex has consolidated its equity/index, fixed income, currency and repo operations into two business lines, and named Robbert Booij head of financial derivatives.
The firm...
SEC warns on counterparty risk in volatile markets
Staff of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) division of trading and markets have urged broker-dealers and other market participants to remain vigilant to...
Citi Markets bets on Asia growth
Citi Markets expects to increase headcounts in its Asia rates and prime businesses over the next year as market activity booms, it says.
The company...
This Week from Trader TV: Mabrouk Chetouane, Natixis Investment Managers
Natixis IM: Growing concerns over stubborn inflation, Fed leadership, and the threat of currency wars
While US and European markets have largely recovered from the...
JP Morgan: A global market structure mindset – navigating diverging policies
Kate Finlayson, Managing Director, FICC Market Structure & Liquidity Strategy at J.P. Morgan, examines key market structure developments shaping trading behaviour as the global...
Chart of the week: When trading into the US, when should I trade?
Timing is everything in the markets, but not every market shares the same timing. It is common for trading desks to employ a trader...
Evolution through collaboration
MiFID II and electronification are transforming the credit market – How can one benefit from this new environment to access liquidity and how can...
Is electronic trading levelling out the year-end liquidity shortfall?
Concern about liquidity shortfalls at year end could be alleviated by electronic market makers say traders, and the data seems to back them up.
A...
IDX: Bumper election year could be less disruptive than feared
Political instability feels more of a threat than ever, but what impact is it really having on markets? Exchanges weighed in at this year’s...
Rules & Ratings: ‘Under review’ list shrinks at AM Best
Germania Farm Mutual Insurance Association is no longer categorised as ‘under review with negative implications’ by AM Best, and has been assigned a financial...
Fund managers report more certainty in EM than in developed markets
The key takeaway from the first plenary session at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Amsterdam was clear; in 2026, uncertainty has become a...
