Bringing together fixed income trading and global youth empowerment: An emerging markets success story
Founded in 2000 by finance professionals who saw the social inequities in the emerging markets where they invested, EMpower supports hundreds of initiatives that...
Meet the consolidated tape contenders
Europe’s development of a consolidated tape for trading data now has clear front runners and benefits.
Three firms have confirmed they will compete to be...
Fed breaks silence on HFT in treasuries
Having opened the US government debt market to high-frequency trading, authorities now push market participants to “be good citizens”. Dan Barnes reports.
The Federal Reserve...
Liquidnet releases future rolls workflow service
Liquidnet has launched Roll Seeker, a tool to improve workflows associated with the execution of futures rolls.
Roll Seeker will enable the bilateral negotiation of...
Robeco builds out emerging market debt team
International asset manager Robeco has hired an Emerging Market Debt (EMD) team, consisting of portfolio managers Diliana Deltcheva, Richard Briggs and Nicholas Sauer.
The trio...
Rules & Ratings: Covered clearing agencies subject to new risk management rules
The SEC has amended rules related to the risk management and resilience of covered clearing agencies, introducing new requirements around intraday margin collection and...
Low issuance volumes may impact the momentum to reform primary markets
Platforms keen to emphasise longer term commitment to electronification and greater automation.
Multiple platforms have been launched to drive increased efficiency in managing bond issuance,...
Rates traders drop e-trading in April volatility
E-trading in US rates markets fell during April, with traders flocking to voice amid Treasury turmoil.
ADNV in US Treasuries spiked to US$1.342 trillion, up...
A very clear contrast in trading volumes as sanctions bite
The second chart this week shows trading in Russian government bonds which fell off a cliff at the start of March, triggered by an...
Portfolio trading challenged on best execution
For decades, tourists have flocked to Spain’s Costa Brava in anticipation of the three Ss, broadly understood to refer to sun, sea and sangria....
Demotivated dealers
By Flora McFarlane.
Sell-side bond trading is losing its lustre for traders, according to Greenwich Associates research. Increasing automation and regulatory changes may be the...
SEC report highlights dealer threat to buy-side allocations in primary markets
US market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has reported buy-side firms feel pressured not to publicly speak out about the challenges of...
