BlackRock acquires Preqin
BlackRock has agreed to acquire private markets data provider Preqin in a £2.55 billion transaction, expanding its private markets capabilities.
Through the acquisition, BlackRock will...
Greenwich: RFQ cuts convertible bond spreads in half
New research by analyst firm Greenwich Associates has found that the request for quote (RFQ) protocol is cutting the spreads made by the most...
Achintya Mangla to head up financing for investment banking at Citi
Citi has named Achintya Mangla head of financing for investment banking.
In the newly created role, Mangla will report to head of banking Vis Raghavan...
Tradeweb sees volume drop in June
Bond market operator, Tradeweb, has reported its average daily volume (ADV) in June was US$780.9 billion (bn), a decrease of 8.9% year-on-year (YoY), largely...
Emerging market bonds issuance and returns grow
This week we examine the very directional movements of emerging markets (EM) assets under management (AUM), due to investment flows and growing issuance. With...
Euroclear and BondCliQ create new fixed income settlement data tool
Euroclear is collaborating with BondCliQ, the bond market data as a service (DaaS) firm, to launch a new European fixed income settlement data solution,...
Sara Furber appointed Tradeweb CFO
Market operator Tradeweb has appointed Sara Furber as its chief financial officer (CFO), effective from 7 September 2021. She succeeds Robert Warshaw, who will...
LTX and TransFICC partner for enhanced onboarding
Broadridge’s fixed income trading platform LTX has partnered with e-trading technology provider TransFICC to improve the venue onboarding process.
Through the partnership, corporate bond dealers...
ICE chases Tradeweb in MBS electronic trading
ICE aims to get a bigger pie of the electronic Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) trading market and introduces a new anonymous Request-for-Quote (RFQ) protocol.
Intercontinental...
The time has come for digital adoption in the corporate bond markets
By David Nicol, CEO LedgerEdge.
The corporate bond market is critically important – it allows companies to raise capital, pension funds to meet obligations, and...
Investor demand: Dollar weakness trumps French political instability
Despite a French sovereign debt downgrade to A+ by Fitch over the weekend, the euro has risen to new highs for the year (1.188)...
Madrid joins Jefferies in London
Rafael Madrid has joined Jefferies as managing director of emerging markets credit trading. He is based in London.
Jefferies reported US$178 million in fixed income...
