Eric Morrow joins Apollo Global Management
Eric Morrow has been named chief operations officer (COO) of trading at Apollo Global Management, an asset manager with US$550 billion of assets under...
Legal & General restructures with new AM division, departure of LGIM CEO
Michelle Scrimgeour, CEO of Legal & General Investment Management and vice-chair of the Investment Association, is stepping down from her role after five years...
EXCLUSIVE: TradingScreen bought by Francisco Partners
Execution management system (EMS) provider TradingScreen has been bought by private equity firm Francisco Partners for an undisclosed sum. The deal brings to a...
Europe’s pension fund managers face rising margin costs as EU clearing exemption deadline looms
European pension fund managers are facing rising margin costs thanks to the increased cost of financing additional collateral payments just as the EU’s clearing...
Plan to replace Dodd-Frank formally introduced in House of Representatives
The chairman of the Financial Services Committee in the US House of Representatives, Jeb Hensarling, has formally introduced the Financial CHOICE Act, a proposed...
“Game-changing reforms” needed to fix Europe’s capital markets, say European associations
A new report from three leading market associations outlines an ambitious roadmap to improve the competitiveness of capital markets in Europe through a combination...
Analysis: Market response to US Treasury’s increased borrowing needs
The US Treasury’s need to increase debt issuance, beyond market expectations, has had several effects. Firstly there was a ratings downgrade of the USA...
The evolving landscape of fixed income market data
Byron Cooper-Fogarty, CEO, Neptune Networks
The fixed income market continues to evolve at a pace I’ve not previously experienced in my 30 years in the...
Overbond, SS&C Eze partner to provide AI bond trading analytics
Overbond, a provider of AI-driven data and analytics and trade automation solutions for the global fixed income markets, has partnered with SS&C Eze to...
Credit trading desks seeing job cuts & hiring freezes, adding to operational pressure
Reports of reduction in headcount on buy-side trading desks at BlackRock, Nuveen and Wellington with cuts also reported at investment banks, are demonstrating the...
New BrokerTec RFQ platform for European repo
By Pia Hecher.
Dealer-to-dealer electronic trading platform BrokerTec is preparing to launch BrokerTec Quote, a dealer-to-client request for quote (RFQ) trading system for the European...
FILS in Barcelona: Breaking up the monoculture
Diversity is not always visible, but its impact is. This was the key takeaway from the panel discussing ‘Launching new Diversity, equity and inclusion...
