Chart of the week: When trading into the US, when should I trade?
Timing is everything in the markets, but not every market shares the same timing. It is common for trading desks to employ a trader...
MetLife Investment Management acquires Mesirow teams
MetLife Investment Management (MIM) has agreed to acquire the high yield, bank loan and strategic fixed income teams.
The transaction also includes Mesirow’s small-cap equity...
Data – Can buy-side firms share bond-trading data?
Asset managers agree they need access to more trading data, but have struggled to share it effectively between themselves.
The paucity of access to bond...
Fixed income trading : Refinitiv
A look at current market challenges and the leading-edge tools that can mean the difference between success and failure. By Alexandre Hardouin, Refinitiv
Trusted data is...
Results Summary: Q2 sees cautious bounce, but poor asset performance pressures profits
Revenues in Q2 have started to inch up at the major investment banks, despite less than stellar fixed income and equities results.
Looking at the...
The credit trading processes you really should have automated by now…
Automation has historically been highly challenging in corporate bond markets for several reasons, but traders say some parts of the workflow ‘ought’ to be...
Exclusive: TS Imagine connects with TDS Automated Trading for muni market-making
Trading systems provider, TS Imagine, has connected to municipal bond market maker TDS Automated Trading (TDSAT), through its TradeSmart Fixed Income execution management system...
AllianceBernstein executes credit block trade with four buyers on LTX
AllianceBernstein has reportedly become the first buy-side firm to receive aggregated liquidity from multiple buyers on the same block trade. The trade was enabled...
Barclays now streaming prices into MarketAxess Live Markets
Barclays has committed to become a dedicated market maker and is actively contributing streaming prices for US investment grade corporate bonds to the MarketAxess...
Beyond Liquidity: The Promised Land
Primary bond market technology has delivered a steady stream of notable enhancements in recent years, with a small number of platforms and niche service...
The Agency Broker Hub : Evolution : Umberto Menconi
THE BROKER’S EVOLUTION - FROM TRADING FLOOR TO DIGITAL MARKETS.
Stock exchanges have come a long way since the 17th century when the buying and...
Dan Toomey poached by Millennium
Dan Toomey has been named senior trader at Millennium, moving from his previous roll as a portfolio manager at Verition Fund Management, a position...
