Jonathan Tricker promoted to head trader role
Jonathan Tricker has been promoted to head trader, global credit at Vanguard, reporting to Sarang Kulkarni, portfolio manager for investment grade (IG) credit.
Tricker is...
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)...
Aegon Asset Management appoints global CIO for fixed income
Aegon Asset Management has appointed Russ Morrison as its new global chief investment officer responsible for managing its €170 (US $188) billion fixed income...
Market gives cautious response to Sweden’s ‘detail-lite’ MiFID II deal
The Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union (Council) reached a last-minute agreement with the EU Parliament on proposed changes to the...
GSAM outsources global trade execution to BNY Mellon
Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has selected BNY Mellon’s buy-side trading services for global trade execution.
BNY Mellon now provides global trade execution services to...
August: US Treasuries record first trillion-dollar ADNV
US Treasuries had their first trillion-dollar month in August thanks to a surprise rate hike from the Bank of Japan and ongoing fiscal uncertainty...
Promotions at Fidelity and SSGA
James Lenton has been named head trader at Fidelity Investments in Hong Kong, where he has worked as a trader since 2017.
A spokesperson for...
Dual disclosure standards for non-equity securities prospectus removed in UK
The Investor Access to Regulated Bonds (IARB) Working Group has highlighted unanimous support of the removal of the dual disclosure standards in prospectuses for...
E-trading static in record month for US credit
Average daily notional volumes were up more than a quarter year-on-year (YoY) in US credit markets over April, reaching a record US$60 billion. A...
China government bond issuance reducing transparency of total social finance
Understanding state support for the economy in China can be measured across several dynamics, but debt provision to the non-financial private sector, known as...
Insights and analysis: Morgan Stanley 2025 – ‘Timing Is Everything’ across asset classes
Morgan Stanley’s outlook for 2025 finds a “still-moderate macro environment” with the mood heading towards deregulation, which it notes is largely is constructive for...
What to do when credit goes quiet…
The low volumes in credit trading over summer created an opportunity for traders to engage in strategic projects that deliver longer-term benefits to the...
