US shutdown hitting bond market traders
By Pia Hecher.
The ongoing United States federal government shutdown is directly impacting US bond market regulation and evolution, leading to the Fixed Income Market...
Top tips from TradeTech: Connect debt, derivatives and equity trading
Buy-side traders have observed that close ties in the trading team based on the targets on an investment – be that corporate or government...
NatWest, Loop Capital, and TD Securities join DirectBooks
NatWest, Loop Capital and TD Securities have joined the DirectBooks bond issuance platform. The recent additions increase the total number of underwriters on DirectBooks...
Coalition Greenwich: US Treasury e-trading volumes hit record in February
US Treasury volumes saw an average daily notional value (ADNV) of US$918 billion in February 2024, Coalition Greenwich’s March Data Spotlight has reported, up...
Exclusive: New xBK head, Dragan Skoko, discusses BNY Mellon’s new outsourced trading
BNY Mellon has launched a new outsourced trading offering for buy-side institutions globally, including asset managers and asset owners.
The offering by BNY Mellon...
Stephen Hannaford swaps Alphadyne for Citadel
Citadel has appointed Stephen Hannaford as part of its fixed income and macro trading team.
Hannaford has more than a decade of industry experience and...
Can primary markets deflate?
Inflation levels could have a direct impact on volume of work – and therefore operational pressure – on buy-side trading desks.
Managing the process of...
Handelsbanken Fonder AB adopts Bloomberg’s PORT Enterprise
Handelsbanken Fonder AB, a subsidiary of Handelsbanken managing approximately 100 mutual funds, has adopted PORT Enterprise, Bloomberg’s portfolio and risk analytics solution, to further...
What the regulators don’t know about spoofing
At least 5% of treasuries volume is self-trading yet the legality of these trades is unchecked. Dan Barnes, reports.
Self-trading is defined as a transaction in...
Bid-ask spreads drop 25% on average in many markets
The cost of liquidity as measured by the bid-ask spread in bond trading has fallen by approximately 25% since the start of the year,...
MeTheMoneyShow – Episode 25 (Brexit, Covid-19 and other challenges)
Dan Barnes and Lynn Strongin Dodds discuss the latest on the Brexit saga, the implications of a Biden victory in the US Presidential election,...
On The DESK : Nick Cox : J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Nick Cox: Engaging a moving target
Nick Cox is the global head of fixed income trading at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, one of the largest...
