Arnaud Bouyer to join Barclays from GBL
Barclays has appointed Arnaud Bouyer as head of investment banking for France BeLux, effective September.
Taking overall responsibility for the French investment banking business, Bouyer...
Building a Better Credit RFQ
By Iseult E.A. Conlin, CFA, Managing Director, U.S. Cash Credit, Tradeweb.
Tradeweb Credit is breaking records in 2021, especially in electronic RFQ. Whether it’s total volumes,...
Origination: CFOs ‘confident’ profit forecasts despite looming uncertainty
While 79% of CFOs anticipate net profit growth over the next 12 months, the highest in 10 quarters, only 51% are confident their business...
BondAuction and NowCM partner to support primary market access
BondAuction and NowCM, the primary market platform, are establishing connectivity between their platforms to offer connectivity for respective clients and users.
NowCM and BondAuction will...
IDX 2024: Divergence or convergence for EU and UK regulation?
Regulation is an ever-changing beast; panellists at this year’s International Derivative Expo conference provided updates on new mandates, progress being made and how implementation...
Portfolio trading proves transformational, but controversial
The US market has been transformed by portfolio trading (PT) this year, with estimates that PT makes up somewhere between 25-40% of dealer-to-client (D2C)...
Rathbone Funds adopts Charles River IMS and State Street Alpha Data Platform
Rathbone Funds, the London-based subsidiary of Rathbones Group, has selected the Charles River Investment Management Solution (IMS) to support their equity, fixed income and...
Wellington targets US wealth clients with interval fund
Responding to growing interest in alternative solutions, Wellington Management has launched its first interval fund.
Through the Wellington Global Multi-Strategy Fund, Wellington aims to provide...
September: US rates ADNV up 35% YoY amid wider uncertainty
In September, overall trading in US rates rose 1% year-over-year, standing at 59% of volumes, while the average daily notional volume stood at US$988...
What is driving down EM trading costs?
Analysis of trade size and bid-ask spread data from MarketAxess’s CP+ pricing feed and Trax market data, which tracks activity across markets, indicates that...
Market sources: Project Amber has shut down
Multiple sources have confirmed that the withdrawal of major banks from Project Amber has shut it down. Three banks had reportedly left before the...
Commerzbank’s CEO and chairman quit
Commerzbank has announced that its CEO, Martin Zielke, will resign early on the basis of a mutual termination following a period of poor performance...
