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...
LatAm sees e-trading momentum with support for all-to-all
In Latin America, 46% of trading in corporate hard currency bonds is conducted electronically, according to research by analyst firm Coalition Greenwich, compared to...
How Tradeweb helped BBVA AM
Portfolio Trading offers a highly efficient channel for sourcing liquidity from ETF market-makers, which are frequently pricing credit bonds in real-time to facilitate fixed-income...
Lower market volumes hitting platforms hard in June
Electronic platforms saw tough market conditions hitting volumes, reflecting lower trading volatility overall in the market, although Tradeweb was able to post net average...
FCA fines PwC £15m over failure to report suspected fraud at LCF
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Big Four consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for failing to report to the regulator their belief that London Capital...
US inflation hits its highest level in three decades
Jonathan Baltora, head of sovereign, inflation and FX at AXA Investment Managers says, “US inflation rising by 0.9% in just one month brings it...
Concannon joins MarketAxess from CBOE; New US exchange to fight incumbents
Bond venue operator and data provider MarketAxess has named Chris Concannon, as president and chief operating officer, effective as of January 22, 2019.
He will...
RBC names Michael Mullholland director of leveraged credit sales
RBC has named Michael Mulholland director of leveraged credit sales, based in London.
Mulholland joins from UBS, where he was part of the firm’s leveraged...
EquiLend to launch Swaptimization platform in EU
Securities finance specialist, EquiLend, will be launching its Swaptimization platform in the autumn for financial institutions in the European Union.
The EU launch of Swaptimization,...
Treasury market volatility drives spike in curve spread strategies
Volatility in the US Treasury market has prompted heightened trading on CME Group’s BrokerTecRV Curve, the firm has reported.
BrokerTecRV Curve, which facilitates the trading...
Bloomberg’s Bridge AXE boosts all-to-all liquidity discovery
Bloomberg has launched Bridge AXE, an extension of the firm’s Bridge intermediated workflow, which allows participants to anonymously post to other Bridge participants, and...
Tradeweb launches EGB portfolio trading
Tradeweb has expanded its portfolio trading services to European Government Bonds (EGBs).
Tradeweb has facilitated electronic portfolio trading for corporate bonds since 2019. Responding to...
