On The Desk: Carl James: On changing trader culture
Moving to a data-led model of trading requires a change in culture across the desk, as Pictet Asset Management’s head of Fixed Income Trading...
Origination: BMO issues US$1 billion in 60-year notes
The Bank of Montreal (BMO) has issued US$1 billion in additional tier 1 limited recourse capital notes (LCRN).
The series six LCRNs have a 6.875%...
Rules & Ratings: S&P warns on forecast uncertainty
S&P Global Ratings has said it believes a high degree of unpredictability exists around policy implementation by the US administration and possible responses regarding...
NatWest, Santander with Fnality, Nivaura and Adhara execute cross-chain Ethereum debt transaction
Three UK financial technology firms, Fnality, Nivaura and Adhara, in collaboration with European banks Santander and NatWest have completed a pilot, proof of concept...
Beyond Liquidity: Bringing the Grey Market to the 21st Century
The grey market exists for one purpose – for bonds to trade in the hours between the announcement of a new issue, and its...
Industry viewpoint: BNY Mellon’s Pershing Debuts BondWise
BNY Mellon’s Pershing announced the debut of BondWise, a fixed income research, management and trading tool available on its NetX360®+ platform.
There has been a...
Traders adopt automated workflows as eTrading expands from swaps into credit
In March TransFICC launched its eTrading service for interest rate swap (IRS) trading. We speak with Steve Toland, co-founder of TransFICC, about client adoption,...
Argentina’s battle for control
Argentina’s bond markets have been notoriously challenging for investors. Twenty years after the country underwent a major debt restructuring, and just five years after...
SEC – controversially – moves to standardise best execution rules for broker-dealers
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is proposing new rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 relating to a broker-dealer’s duty of best...
Quorum 15 launches digital membership with Greenwich Associates
By Shobha Prabhu-Naik.
Quorum 15, a global financial markets think tank, has entered a new partnership venture with analyst firm Greenwich Associates, to support digital...
European Women in Finance Awards – nominations are still open!
We're aware that after last Summer - when, let's face it we were pretty limited in our vacation options - just about everyone is...
Analysis: BNP Paribas / AXA IM merger as French AMs roll up
The BNP Paribas Group has entered into exclusive negotiations with AXA to acquire 100% of AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM), representing close to €850...
