Results Summary: Q2 sees cautious bounce, but poor asset performance pressures profits
Revenues in Q2 have started to inch up at the major investment banks, despite less than stellar fixed income and equities results.
Looking at the...
Traders call time on outsized European market open hours
Buy- and sell-side traders have called for Europe to review its equity market open periods, which at eight and half hours is over 30%...
TransFICC: Technology in the spotlight
RFQ growth and DORA compel firms to focus on system capacity, high performance, complex workflow automation, and disaster recovery (DR).
The fixed income market structure...
BondWave upgrades platform
BondWave, the financial technology firm focused on fixed income solutions, has upgraded its portfolio and transaction analytics suite of tools with the release of...
Dealers had ‘exceptional’ 2022 for fixed income; JP Morgan tops Q1 DCM winners
Research by front-office technology provider, valantic FSA, and analyst firm, Acuiti, has found that 52% of dealers had an ‘exceptional’ year for fixed income...
Jesse Eberle joins Fidelity
Fidelity Investments has tapped Jesse Eberle as director, for the electronic trading product.
He is charged with steering the development of the firm’s Beacon fixed-income...
Insights and analysis: Morgan Stanley 2025 – ‘Timing Is Everything’ across asset classes
Morgan Stanley’s outlook for 2025 finds a “still-moderate macro environment” with the mood heading towards deregulation, which it notes is largely is constructive for...
James Taunton switches roles at RBC Capital Markets
RBC Capital Markets has appointed James Taunton as head of public sector origination for Europe. He reports to Alex Caridia, global head of public...
ESMA reports improving credit risk but Overbond warns on liquidity risk
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has released its latest ‘Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities’ (TRV) report, finding that fixed income markets continued to...
Tackling the cost challenge in fixed income trading
In today’s highly competitive and cost-conscious fixed income market, small and medium sized institutions can struggle without the efficiencies of scale which large institutions...
Landazabal to lead trading at GAM
Juan Landazabal is to join Swiss asset manager, Global Asset Management (GAM), as global head of trading, according to an email seen by The...
Catton promoted at BlackRock; Shah joins DB, Framjee poached by Morgan Stanley
Dean Catton has been named head of European credit trading at BlackRock following the departure of Nikhil Sethi. His new position puts him in...
