Liquidnet integrates bondIT’s AI-driven credit research
Block trading specialist and trade information provider, Liquidnet, and bondIT, supplier of AI driven investment technology, are partnering to integrate bondIT’s Scorable Credit Analytics...
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...
Global Investor Confidence Index decreased in February by 8.9 points
The Global Investor Confidence Index (ICI) decreased to 91.9, down 8.9 points from January’s revised reading of 100.8. The decline in investor confidence was...
Mystery surrounds APA failure in European bond markets
European bond market participants are keen to know which post-trade data reporter, known as an approved publication arrangement (APA), has ‘data quality issues’ resulting...
Restricting access to derivatives
In 2022 regulation and market activity may see greater adoption of derivatives, but traders need to be cognisant of their limitations. Dan Barnes reports.
Derivatives,...
JP Morgan: Rates and credit trading show greatest electronic growth
The annual JP Morgan e-Trading survey, now in its fifth year, has found that, over the next two years, rates trading and credit trading...
Citadel Securities FICC systematic trading head Mark Wilkinson departs firm
Citadel Securities’ head of FICC systematic trading Mark Wilkinson is to depart the firm.
According to a social media post, Wilkinson had his last day...
Three big hires to start at Trading Technologies in 2024
Capital markets technology platform provider, Trading Technologies International, is hiring three senior team members in the new year.
Joining on 1 January 2024 will...
Vis Nayar named global CIO equities at HSBC AM
Vis Nayar has been promoted to global chief investment officer for equities at HSBC Global Asset Management.
Having started his career at KPMG, he...
Tradeweb implements block trading in Chinese bonds on Bond Connect
By Pia Hecher.
Bond trading operator platform Tradeweb Markets has launched block trading functionality in Chinese yuan (CNY) bonds on Bond Connect, the mutual market...
Do regulators understand ‘best execution’ in corporate bond markets?
What is best execution in bond markets?
In fixed income a best execution process matches up trade metrics to the investment parameters.
“Trading is simply how...
State Street consolidates client-facing Investment Services under O’Hanley
Louis Maiuri, president, chief operating officer and head of Investment Services at State Street Corporation will retire by early 2024, with Ron O’Hanley, chairman...