Shumpert joins MarketAxess rates business
Nicole Shumpert has been named US rates product manager for dealer to client (D2C) by bond market operator MarketAxess.
Shumpert is a highly experienced operator...
EU brings clarity to interim MiFIR data and reporting obligations
The European Commission has published a draft notice on the transitional provisions of the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) review.
Designed to bring clarity...
Traders grapple with bigger syndicates and more issuance
To handle wider syndicates and greater volumes of issuance, traders cannot rely on manual processes. Chris Hall investigates.
“There has been no real improvement in...
Electronic trading for corporate bonds – enhancing efficiency and addressing brokerage costs
By Frank Cerveny, Global Head of Relationship Management, MTS Markets
Electronic trading has been on the rise, driven in large part by automation, greater transparency...
Picturing uncertainty in a traditionally stable market
Trading numbers in secondary corporate bond markets appear to reflect anecdotal reports of volatility bursts, as political false starts impact the reading of major...
Negotiations begin on MiFIR/MiFID final review and consolidated tape
EU member states’ representatives have today agreed a mandate for negotiations with the European Parliament on the proposed regulation reviewing the Markets in Financial Instruments...
Buy-side desks swing extra US$2.1 million into fixed income trading technology
By Sobia Hamid.
On average buy-side fixed income desks pushed US$2.1 million of additional budget into technology in 2016, according to new research from analyst...
Groupama Asset Management and Amundi Intermediation merge desks
Groupama Asset Management has partnered with Amundi Intermediation, merging the two trading desks to support the development of its execution business.
The decision has been...
MarketAxess and S&P Global Market Intelligence partner on FI data
S&P Global Market Intelligence and MarketAxess have begun a fixed income data partnership, aiming to improve market transparency and efficiency. Integration between the two...
BTIC: Bloomberg terminal users declined in 2016
Spend on market data, analysis and news has topped US$27 billion for the first time according to Burton-Taylor International Consulting’s latest report. The findings...
Morgan Stanley: Fed buying programme has benefits beyond direct purchases
Analysis of the Federal Reserve’s Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF) by Morgan Stanley analysts has found that its purchases of exchange traded funds...
Sukh Bachal hired by Neovest as co-head EMEA
Order/execution management system (OEMS) provider Neovest has hired Sukh Bachal as co-head Neovest EMEA and head of EMEA business development. Bachal was until recently...
