Nicolas Pilorget promoted at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) has appointed Nicolas Pilorget as head of credit trading. He is based in Toronto.
Pilorget has been with the company...
Insights & Analysis: Pricing freedom
The street is waiting anxiously for the announcement and impact of all the trade tariffs to be announced on 'Liberation Day’; the term the...
Under pressure
Secondary markets trading has seen a net trend towards tighter bid-ask spreads for trading across all corporate bond segments in US, Europe and emerging...
Voice volumes not budging in US Treasuries
E-trading levels are remaining steady in the US Treasury market, hovering at 58% of notional volume in February.
Ratios have returned to pre-election levels, Coalition...
The Book: BofA DCM team give issuers confidence for financing in 2025
The DESK spoke with Bank of America’s Julien Roman, head of EMEA DCM FIG Origination, Paula Weisshuber, head of EMEA Corporate DCM, and Adrien...
RBC joins LCH’s credit default swap platform
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has joined LCH’s credit default swap clearing service, CDSClear.
The platform clears a variety of credit default swap (CDS)...
ASIFMA names Peter Stein its new CEO
The Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA) has named Peter Stein its new CEO. Stein is currently CEO and managing director of...
WBR survey: Buy-side pushed towards price-making and ETF use
By Pia Hecher.
Following the introduction of the new Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), which has formalised best execution reporting, two-thirds of heads...
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Aligning the pre-trade credit liquidity picture and the execution goal
Pre-trade data and market colour are imperative for buy-side traders looking to achieve best execution in corporate bond markets. Understanding how that applies to...
FILS in Barcelona: Breaking up the monoculture
Diversity is not always visible, but its impact is. This was the key takeaway from the panel discussing ‘Launching new Diversity, equity and inclusion...
Bloomberg expands market-on-close list trading facility
Bloomberg has expanded its market-on-close list trading protocol to include US Treasuries.
The service, which was launched for European government bonds in 2024, allows traders...
Raiffeisen Bank International executes first non-standard interest rate swaps
AxeTrading has extended its fixed income products’ offering to support non-standard interest rate swaps which is being used by its client, Raiffeisen Bank International...
















