CanDeal taps compliance veteran Louise Brinkmann to head up new benchmark division
CanDeal, the electronic marketplace for Canadian dollar debt securities, has established a new division focusing on benchmark administration headed up by compliance veteran Louise...
When will T2S harmonise European bond issuance?
Target 2 for Securities (T2S), the ambitious brainchild of the European Central Bank (ECB) and Eurosystem, has the potential to lower the costs of...
Piper Sandler builds out fixed income team with Brian Vescio hire
Investment bank Piper Sandler has appointed Brian Vescio as managing director and head of structured products trading to the firm’s fixed income team. He...
Bond market venues tussle over market share amid volumes surge
Fixed income trading venues have reaped the rewards of rising trading volumes, but a highly competitive landscape is having an impact on market share.
Market...
Liquidity provider profile: Millennium Advisors
The DESK looks at fixed income liquidity providers business models in depth.
This month, we spoke with Millennium Advisors' Laurent Paulhac, group CEO and Caroline...
Mizuho EMEA sees continued growth in SCLF business
Mizuho EMEA has completed the pricing of Infra Group, bringing its total physical bookrunner roles closed in the European leveraged loan market over the...
MarketAxess’s Axess All Prints to offer real-time price transparency in Europe
Fixed income market operator and data provider, MarketAxess, has launched Axess All Prints, a real-time transacted price service for the most actively traded fixed...
Surprise at inaccurate US election poll predictions has increased volatility
With a victory for either side being far from clear in the US election, investment commentators have warned of sustained volatility across asset classes....
Jesse Forster joins Coalition Greenwich
Capital market analyst firm Coalition Greenwich has hired Jesse Forster as a senior analyst on its market structure and technology team.
In his new role,...
S&P to end TCA offering
S&P Global is shuttering its transaction cost analysis (TCA) operations, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Michael Richter, EMEA executive director of TCA at...
Investor Demand: European corporate debt plays second fiddle to the US
Zachary Swabe, total return portfolio manager for European high yield and global credit at UBS Asset Management, spoke to The DESK about the current...
Nomura settles 2021 unlawful trading fine
Nomura Securities has paid a 21.76 million yen administrative monetary penalty following unlawful trading of Japanese government bond futures in March 2021.
Japan’s Financial Services...
