Bank of England to back the buy side in market turmoil
The Bank of England (BoE) will develop a new lending tool for non-bank financial institutions, starting with UK insurance companies and pension funds, which...
Primary markets : Discretion is the better part of bond issuance
The US regulator has raised questions over bank control of new issuance automation – the question is whether banks behave with valour.
A recent report...
The breakdown: How asset managers are tackling fixed income unbundling
By Flora McFarlane & Dan Barnes.
With the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) set to arrive in just under five months, buy-side...
Europe sees big drops in implied liquidity costs
Since the start of 2023, European corporate bonds have seen a greater drop in bid-ask spreads than has been seen in their US investment...
The DESK’s Trading Intentions Survey 2021
This year sees tighter pipelines for new business and a wider array of trading protocols.
Executive summary
One year on from the sell-off in Q1 2020,...
ICE taps CanDeal for intraday pricing
ICE has partnered with CanDeal to provide intraday price updates and bond analytics data for the Canadian fixed income market.
Intraday and end-of-day reference prices...
Kerkor leads EMEA EM credit for ING
Joseph Kerkor has joined ING as a managing director and head of emerging markets credit trading for EMEA. He is based in London.
ING reported...
Toru Nakashima joins Jefferies board as SMBC increases ownership
Jefferies has appointed Toru Nakashima, president and group CEO of the Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), as a member of its board of directors....
IG issuance across US and Europe up 20% on five-year average
US investment grade debt issuance has hit $1.7 trillion year to date (YTD) in 2025, a 12% increase year on year (YoY). That brings...
BNP Paribas Asset Management names new head of global trading
BNP Paribas Asset Management has appointed Sophie Lugiez as head of the Global Trading Function (GTF). Based in Paris, Lugiez reports to Rob Gambi,...
Technology : Trader engagement : Dan Barnes
Helping traders to think like engineers
The gap between the technology a trading team wants and the technology it gets is often wide; helping them...
Finsight acquires Credit Flow Research
Capital markets technology and market data firm Finsight has expanded its US fixed income market provision with the acquisition of Credit Flow Research.
The acquisition...
