FILS Day 2: Heat around the consolidated bond tape
One of the more positive messages from the second day of the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit (FILS) was regarding positive progress on the development...
Lack of detail sinks odd-lot bond case against major banks
The United States District Court, Southern District of New York, has dismissed a court case brought against Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, Credit...
The vicious circle of trust and liquidity
Looking at data provided by CreditSights, we can see the extent of lenders’ concern about Credit Suisse this year. The cost of insuring Credit...
When not to use portfolio trading
Portfolio trading cannot please all of the people all of the time.
The success of portfolio trading (PT) as a protocol has taken bond markets...
Ben Londergan joins Simplex Trading
Simplex Trading has appointed Ben Londergan as managing director of strategic business development.
In the Chicago-based role, Londergan is responsible for driving the firm’s growth...
Cary Eggleston joins Canaccord Genuity Group
Canaccord Genuity Group has appointed Cary Eggleston as head of CEEMEA fixed income sales and trading.
In the London-based role, Eggleston is responsible for the...
TransFICC: The Evolution of the Muni Market
Driven by volume growth and technology
By Bo-yun Liu, Director of Product Solutions, TransFICC
Taken in aggregate, the Muni market is roughly $4.2T Outstanding with $15.6B...
OpenYield opts for RBC Clearing & Custody
Bond marketplace OpenYield has joined the RBC Clearing & Custody platform, the first alternative trading system (ATS) to do so.
OpenYield, launched in 2022, provides...
TP ICAP acquires Neptune, integrates into new credit business with bank partners
TP ICAP Group has acquired Neptune Networks the axe-streaming firm, co-owned by a consortium of investment banks. Neptune delivers real-time pre-trade bond market data,...
Allianz, BlackRock, T&D Holdings invest in Viridium
Allianz, BlackRock and T&D Holdings have invested in German life insurance consolidation firm Viridium.
The three firms join Generali Financial Holdings and Hannover Re in...
Aegon AM: Bond market liquidity fears ‘overblown’
Fears over a potential liquidity crisis in the corporate bond market are “significantly overblown”, according to Adrian Hull, head of core fixed income at...
Focus resources on fixed income TCA, industry urged
By Joel Clark.
Market participants and technology providers must focus their intelligence and resources on developing robust transaction cost analysis (TCA) for fixed income, in...
