Outsourced trading consolidates further with State Street’s new acquisition
State Street Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CF Global Trading, a global firm specialising in outsourced trading on an agency...
UBS AM: Central bank mandates could change as deficit spend grows
Barry Gill, head of investments, UBS Asset Management has said that the market volatility seen in US markets following Trump’s 2016 election victory may...
Hult: The dealer business is changing
Who are the big beasts of the bond markets today? The red ink on banks’ recent quarterly earnings reports writes the latest chapter in...
Trivedi joins Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund, expanding asset allocation
Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund has seen the firm’s head of structured credit, Himani Trivedi, appointed to the firm’s portfolio management team.
Trivedi is...
The summer lull barely touches emerging markets
Trading volumes in fixed income markets typically start the year high and gradually fall, matching issuance and refinancing patterns along with investment allocation decisions....
Aité-Novarica: Fixed income EMSs expecting major growth this year
A new report by Colby Jenkins, strategic advisor at analyst firm Aité-Novarica, finds that fixed income execution management system (EMS) vendor projections for growth...
Portfolio trading is booming in liquidity crisis
Ongoing market volatility has led to a spike in popularity of portfolio trading according to trading platforms, dealers and buy-side traders. Market operator Tradeweb...
Overbond integrates Neptune Networks axe data
Overbond, an AI-driven fixed income analytics and trade workflow automation provider, has integrated Neptune Networks’ axe data to help buy-side traders more efficiently discover...
The election effect: Secondary markets
While the effect of an election on the markets is typically subdued on the day itself – more so when the outcome is uncertain...
Ares acquires BlueCove, launches systematic credit strategy
Ares Management Corporation is acquiring the outstanding share capital of UK systematic fixed income manager BlueCove Limited, after holding a minority stake in the...
The Fed opens registration for commercial paper facility
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has opened registration for firms wishing to sell to its Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF).
The commercial paper...
Equity venues are dating websites; credit venues are bars
Equity venues are dating apps – you have to be a member to use the central limit order book (CLOB), and it will match...
