Copeman joins Federated Hermes as senior credit trader
Shaun Copeman has joined Federated Hermes as a senior credit trader, having left Fidelity Investments in April after eight years. Copeman adds to a...
Overbond partners with Finsemble to support desktop interoperability
AI-based trading tool provider, Overbond, has announced a partnership with desktop interoperability specialist, Finsemble, to support integration of Overbond’s services into trading workflows.
"At our...
Credit Spotlight: How clear can pre-trade get?
Pre-trade transparency is a nirvana for over-the-counter markets, particularly corporate bond trading, which lack the publicly displayed prices of the exchange-traded market.
Unless it...
FlexTrade integrates IHS Markit pre-trade TCA data into EMS
FlexTrade, the multi-asset execution and order management system provider, and IHS Markit, the analytics and solutions provider to buy- and sell-side firms, are integrating...
March sell-off has driven a longer-term shift towards all-to-all trading
Buyers and sellers were successfully finding opportunities in all-to-all trading as traditional liquidity tightened. Does that herald a permanent shift in behaviour?
All-to-all trading came...
2020: Finding positives in a tough year
While 2020 was a tough year on many levels, Lee Olesky, CEO of Tradeweb, has tried to pick out the positives from a market...
MiFID II are you ready for 2018?
With the introduction of MiFID II and MiFIR on 3 January 2018, the European financial markets will face the biggest regulatory change they have...
FILS US 2023: Technology tipping point was years ago, says BlackRock research chief –...
Stefano Pasquali, head of liquidity and trading research at BlackRock, told Coalition Greenwich’s Bob Fink that when it comes to technology, the focus now...
Morgan Stanley analysts predicting Q4 was tough for bank FICC revenues
Morgan Stanley analysts, looking at the performance of investment banks in Q4 2021, are predicting a significant fall in revenues across fixed income, commodity...
Franklin Templeton to buy Putnam Investments
Franklin Templeton has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Putnam Investments from Great-West for approximately US$925 million largely in equities.
Great-West will become...
UK pension fund clearing exemption gets long-term renewal
Following a November 2023 call for evidence, the UK government has decided to extend the exemption for pension funds to clear certain derivative contracts...
Viewpoint: Knowing the boundaries
Interview with Tim Whipman, head of business development at TransFICC
In February this year ESMA published its Opinion on the Trading Venue Perimeter, which provides...
