Bloomberg unveils fully automated basis trade and reporting workflow
Bloomberg has rolled out a fully automated electronic workflow for the trading and reporting of EUR interest rate swap (IRS) v bond future contracts...
Derivatives: Credit default swaps – The revival
Applying innovation from corporate bond markets to credit derivatives trading could boost liquidity at a point of market stress.
Single-name credit default swaps (CDSs) provide...
CanDeal, TMX Datalinx develop new Canadian loan benchmark
CanDeal Benchmark Solutions has collaborated with TMX Datalinx on a new “robust benchmark” – Term CORRA (Canadian Overnight Repo Rate Average) 1- and 3-month...
Amundi US and Victory Capital to merge in new 15-year partnership
European asset manager Amundi is set to become a strategic shareholder in global asset management firm Victory Capital, following a signed Memorandum of Understanding...
Origin launches Instant-ISIN 2.0 for Eurobond issuance
Origin, a debt capital markets fintech, has launched Instant-ISIN 2.0 for both allocation and activation of ISINs for Eurobond issuance, ‘XS’ ISINs, while also...
TABB Group shuts down
Larry Tabb, the eponymous founder of market anayst firm TABB Group, has announced the firm will close. Making the announcement via Twitter, he wrote:...
Seeing through the pricing mirage
Traders and PMs found real value in using axes over onscreen prices during the recent liquidity crisis.
Neptune’s streaming of dealer axes continues to grow in value...
Issuance up in lower rated debt
Analysis by Morgan Stanley’s team has found that, despite the slowing down of bond issuance globally in August, the higher levels of activity in...
Clifford drops Citi for BlackRock
Head of trading Paul Clifford has left Citi after more than a decade with the firm, joining BlackRock as a senior multi-asset trader.
He is...
GreySpark: FI markets will continue to see fragmentation based on all-to-all trading
A report by consultancy GreySpark has found that in 2020, global fixed income e-trading landscape has been defined by fragmentation in line with historical...
Fitz Partners: Fund revenue margins drop 10% in 3 years, multi-asset offers hope
In the latest edition of its ‘Investment Advisory Fee Benchmarking Report’, fund research company Fitz Partners has looked at the different costs which make...
David Blake leaves Northern Trust as director for Global Fixed Income
David Blake has left Northern Trust Global Investments as director for Global Fixed Income, after 15 years at the firm, following a restructuring of...
