ECB expected to cut rates this month
A rate cut by the European Central Bank (ECB) is “fully expect” this September, according to DWS Group European economist Ulrike Kastens.
Kastens predicted a...
Doriane Geyler Rojas joins Ostrum AM
Doriane Geyler Rojas has been appointed business manager and project lead within the "direction des gestions" at Ostrum Asset Management.
Ostrum AM says it manages...
ESMA: APA problem is not a risk to investment firms
The European Securities and Markets Authority has said that a recent problem in reporting bond market data via an approved publication arrangement (APA) does...
BIS targets liquidity cliff in repo
Banks have reacted to end-of-quarter capital reporting by reducing activity, leading to sudden declines in liquidity; now authorities are reacting.
Banks have been ‘window dressing’...
How CIOs value the trading desk in 2025
This year has challenged some major assumptions for investors, the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit, held in Washington DC, heard on 11 June.
Lori Heinel, global...
Abel Noser acquires Trade Informatics
Trade analytics and agency brokerage Abel Noser has closed the deal with Trade Informatics, a New York based firm offering equities trade cost analysis...
Exclusive: Cboe goes live with US Treasury trading
Cboe has gone live with cash Treasury trading, the first trade having been conducted in mid-October. It is operating a ‘Full Amount’ execution protocol...
Tradeweb completes A$125m Yieldbroker acquisition
Multi-asset market operator Tradeweb Markets has completed its acquisition of Yieldbroker, an Australian trading platform for Australian and New Zealand government bonds and interest...
Reg ATS: What does the proposed expansion mean for bond trading venues?
In late January the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules to bring more Alternative Trading Systems (ATS) that trade Treasuries and other government...
US credit issuance tailing off over summer?
June 2024 has seen US corporate bond issuance levels only slightly higher than those seen in June 2023, after record levels at the start...
Refinancing debt: New bonds, old problem
A new paper from Bank of America’s credit strategist Neha Khoda and Adam Vogel has found that bond issuers are facing a significant increase in costs...
Paul Kilfoy joins BAML
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has named Paul Kilfoy as a director and senior sales trader, based in Toronto.
Kilfoy has more than 20 years...
