TransFICC: The European bond market – changing by the microsecond
By Judd Gaddie, Co-Founder TransFICC
Advantages have always been sought by traders, often resulting in a race to obtain information before competitors. Incorporating new technology...
‘Equitisation’ of bond market on its way
Bond markets are following the same pattern as equity markets did in the 1990s, according to Coalition Greenwich’s Kevin McPartland, becoming more electronic trading-driven.
The...
Middleton appointed global head of FI trading at T Rowe Price
Dwayne Middleton has been named the global head of fixed income trading at T Rowe Price, the US asset manager with US$1.12 trillion of...
Trading hacks and force multipliers for the smaller trading team
Faced with rising trading volumes and falling returns, buy-side bond desks are frequently either shrinking or at best struggling to match resource with requirements.
We...
GreySpark: Smart data analytics key in reducing trading costs
A new piece of GreySpark Partners research has found that spending by investment banks and asset managers on markets and transaction data in the...
Solve adds visualisation to predictive pricing service
Market data provider Solve has updated its predictive pricing tool to support municipal bond traders’ pre-trade decision making.
The relative value analysis tool allows users...
Brexit & Covid: Keep your eye on the ball
Jannah Patchay of Markets Evolution advises firms to keep their eye on the ball and not let Covid divert their attention from the job...
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FCA consulting on bond and derivative markets transparency reforms
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on proposals to improve the transparency regime for bond and derivative markets.
The consultation, which is open...
On The Desk: Juan Landazabal: On trader evolution
Juan Landazabal, global head of Fixed Income and Foreign Exchange Trading at Deutsche Asset Management describes the internal and external pressures that are shaping the...
Atte Lahtiranta to join Citadel in early 2025
Citadel has appointed Atte Lahtiranta as head of core engineering. He will join the firm in early 2025.
Atte has close to 30 years of...
ESMA’s CTP selection process begins
ESMA has initiated the selection process for the European bond consolidated tape provider (CTP).
Potential candidates must submit requests to participate in the first selection...
Trivedi joins Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund, expanding asset allocation
Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund has seen the firm’s head of structured credit, Himani Trivedi, appointed to the firm’s portfolio management team.
Trivedi is...
