FILS 2022: Repo market not broken but can do better
Liquidity problems shone a light on the effectiveness of the repo market in recent months, speakers acknowledged at this year’s Fixed Income Leaders' Summit...
Christie Goncalves joins Rathbones
Christie Goncalves has been hired by Rathbones as an assistant portfolio manager (APM), following her departure from Vanguard.
She will operate as APM in the...
Traders respond positively to MarketAxess/LiquidityEdge deal
Buy-side traders have responded positively to the announcement that electronic bond market operator, MarketAxess, has agreed to buy LiquidityEdge, the US Treasuries marketplace, noting...
Seth Bernstein: Diversification via fixed income “if not dead, is in critical condition”
Seth Bernstein, the CEO of US$622 billion AUM asset manager AllianceBernstein, has opened the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit US today, with an analysis of...
All I want for Christmas, is trading analytics
Traders would do well to run close analysis over their European trading activity this month, as data from MarketAxess Trax, which tracks trading across...
Portfolio trading proves transformational, but controversial
The US market has been transformed by portfolio trading (PT) this year, with estimates that PT makes up somewhere between 25-40% of dealer-to-client (D2C)...
Europe sees big drops in implied liquidity costs
Since the start of 2023, European corporate bonds have seen a greater drop in bid-ask spreads than has been seen in their US investment...
Dagmar Kamber Borens takes on new role at State Street
State Street has appointed Dagmar Kamber Borens as head of global markets for continental Europe at State Street Bank International.
Based in Zurich, she reports...
Lothian joins SMBC Nikko Securities America; BNP Paribas poaches Guglieri
Andrew Lothian, a veteran of the credit trading markets, has joined SMBC Nikko Securities America’s credit trading desk. Lothian, whose career as a trader...
TS Imagine launches cross-asset investment and trading platform for hedge funds
TS Imagine the trading, portfolio, and risk management platform provider, has launched TS One, a cross-asset class, software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, designed for investing...
Pre-trade data demand grows and platform concentration weakens
The 5th Annual Trading Intentions Survey sees a hunger for data and a surge in new liquidity tools.
Key takeaways:
• Massive growth for crossing / mid-point...
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Beyond Liquidity: The Promised Land
Primary bond market technology has delivered a steady stream of notable enhancements in recent years, with a small number of platforms and niche service...
