MeTheMoneyShow : Retail therapy with Shanny Basar
In this podcast Dan Barnes discusses 'retail therapy' with Shanny Basar, who recounts the soothing sound of a congressional hearing into retail trading and...
Buy-side firms warn on herding effect of QE
By Aulia Beg.
Portfolio managers have expressed concern about the ‘herding’ behaviour within the investment community, resulting from central banks’ quantitative easing (QE) programmes.
In a...
Trading outsourcer Tourmaline hires three senior executives
Outsourced trading solutions firm Tourmaline Partners has added Alex Goodman and Matt Sindell as managing directors, and Darren Mazzuca has joined as director of...
MeTheMoneyShow: Robinhood IPO; US Treasury Trading Issues
In this podcast Dan Barnes speaks with Terry Flanagan about Robinhood's recent IPO and how the retail brokerage app fits in the market ecosystem. They...
FMSB publishes final standard for the sharing of investor allocation information
The FICC Markets Standards Board (FMSB) has published the final standard for the sharing of investor allocation information in the fixed income primary markets.
Syndicate...
Investor Appetite: Dutch pension move to DC triggers increased hedge rate ratios
Pension funds are preparing to move to a defined contribution model in the Netherlands, ahead of a mandatory switch on 1 January 2028. They...
Withering supply of European high yield
Comparing the ‘year-to-April’ data across years, 2022’s high yield issuance looks more like the post-financial crisis period than most years in between.
Data from CreditSights...
Sean Shanker swaps Citi for BTIG
Financial services firm BTIG has appointed Sean Shanker as a managing director for electronic trading.
In the New York-based role, Shanker will lead new initiatives...
Hiring spree sees banks bolster fixed-income desks
By Flora McFarlane.
A Greenwich Associates report indicates banks are rebuilding their sales and trading desks in response to several quarters of growth in fixed...
Hahn vows to continue drive for EU bond sovereign status
Johannes Hahn, commissioner responsible for budget and administration at the European Commission (EC) has said the organisation intends to continue its push for bonds...
Exclusive: Analysing the battle for US e-Trading in February
The highly competitive corporate bond market saw average daily volumes converge in the US across electronic trading venues in February. The DESK has exclusively...
The Agency Broker Hub | An open gateway into financial markets
By Gherardo Lenti Capoduri, Head of Market Hub, and Barbara Valbuzzi, CFA, Head of Market Strategy, IMI CIB Division, Intesa Sanpaolo.
In recent years the sellside...
