Finanstilsynet: Portfolio manager “abused his position” by flipping bonds and self-trading

Finanstilsynet: Portfolio manager “abused his position” by flipping bonds and self-trading

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The senior portfolio manager for Norwegian investment firm Kraft Finans, Øivind Thorstensen, was piggy-backing on client investment in new bond issues, in order to...
Rules & Ratings: EM credit risk on the rise, says Fitch

Rules & Ratings: EM credit risk on the rise, says Fitch

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Fitch Ratings has revised its sector outlooks for APAC, Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa sovereign to ‘deteriorating’ from ‘neutral’ as credit risk rises. Credit risk...
LSEG widens market maker spreads for government bonds, more ETFs

LSEG widens market maker spreads for government bonds, more ETFs

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The London Stock Exchange Group has increased market-maker spreads to 5% for all exchange-traded products (ETPs), exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and UK government bonds -...
FIX issues guide for MiFID II reporting of bond trades

FIX issues guide for MiFID II reporting of bond trades

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By Flora McFarlane. FIX Trading Community, which sets the messaging standard for trading messages sent between buy-side and sell-side firms, has published the final Recommended...
The election effect: Secondary markets

The election effect: Secondary markets

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While the effect of an election on the markets is typically subdued on the day itself – more so when the outcome is uncertain...
Origination: EC issues €11bn dual-tranche EU-Bond; books top €175bn

Origination: EC issues €11bn dual-tranche EU-Bond; books top €175bn

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The European Commission raised €11 billion in its ninth syndicated deal of 2025, via a €5 billion tap of the 13 December 2032 EU-bond...
CSDR mandatory buy-in delay welcomed

CSDR mandatory buy-in delay welcomed

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Umberto Menconi, head of Digital Markets Structures, Market Hub, Banca IMI, Intesa Sanpaolo Group Since the financial crisis waves of new regulation and the need...
CME Europe and CME Clearing Europe to close by year end

CME Europe and CME Clearing Europe to close by year end

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CME Group is to close its London-based derivatives exchange and clearing house, CME Europe and CME Clearing Europe, by year-end 2017. The announcement follows Nasdaq...
Block trading investigations follow a long trend

Block trading investigations follow a long trend

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Several investigations reported in the press are following regulatory scrutiny of block trading arrangements. The investigations reported by Bloomberg, Reuters and the Financial Times...
GSAM outsources global trade execution to BNY Mellon

GSAM outsources global trade execution to BNY Mellon

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Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has selected BNY Mellon’s buy-side trading services for global trade execution. BNY Mellon now provides global trade execution services to...
QuantHouse provides access to Fenics USTreasuries

QuantHouse provides access to Fenics USTreasuries

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By Pia Hecher. QuantHouse, the trading solutions provider, now offers access to US cash treasury market turnover and to via an application programming interface (API)...
Jonathan Rick: SOFR First slowly, then all at once

Jonathan Rick: SOFR First slowly, then all at once

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SOFR First slowly, then all at once: Measuring the market transition from LIBOR Jonathan Rick, Director of Research, Tradeweb The dealer-to-dealer market’s switch towards the Secured Overnight...