BlackRock CEO backs blended active/passive bond portfolios
Larry Fink, chairman and CEO of investment giant BlackRock, has advocated the use of blended active and passive portfolios to optimise fixed income investments.
In...
Debate heats up around Munis tax exempt status
The Republican Party is considering repealing the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds.
A memorandum circulated by the US House of Representatives Budget Committee and diffused...
FCA proposes consolidated bond tape and tightens trading venue perimeter rules
A series of measures to help strengthen the UK’s leading position as a global and vibrant financial centre have been announced by The Financial...
Big names out at BGC
Interdealer broker BGC Partners has made a wave of job cuts, as announced in April, which combined with recent departures has removed several heads...
Research: Bloomberg, the EMS of choice for fixed income
We analyse the firm’s success in delivering an outperforming execution management system.
This year’s research has found Bloomberg’s fixed income execution management system (EMS), TSOX,...
Fractional exchange BondbloX ‘democratises’ global access to bond markets
BondbloX Bond Exchange (BBX), a fractional bond exchange, has made its platform that tracks and trades bonds available for individual investors in an effort...
Sukh Bachal hired by Neovest as co-head EMEA
Order/execution management system (OEMS) provider Neovest has hired Sukh Bachal as co-head Neovest EMEA and head of EMEA business development. Bachal was until recently...
Repo market stress prompts calls for central bank support
Could central bank intervention bypass sell-side intermediaries, if they only act as agents not risk takers? David Wigan reports.
The stresses in the US repo...
Funding the green transition
How on God’s green earth are fixed-income portfolio managers supposed to negotiate the minefield of sustainable investing, given the myriad pitfalls and bear traps...
Traders note FCA ‘rebundling’ exposes misunderstanding of bond market
The UK market regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released a consultation paper (CP) on existing MiFID II rules, which includes a proposed...
Guinness onboards Veysey
Craig Veysey has joined Guinness Global Investors as a global fixed income portfolio manager.
As of March 2025, Guinness reported US$10.8 billion in assets under...
S&P Global Market Intelligence: Michael Richter on futures TCA
S&P Global: Looking to the future with its new TCA tool
S&P Global has provided sophisticated best execution and TCA tools since 2011 across a...
