Allianz GI joins Glimpse Markets’ data sharing initiative
Allianz Global Investors, which has US$510 billion in assets under management, has joined Glimpse Markets, an initiative to support buy-side data sharing in the...
How portfolio trading can prompt a rethink for credit TCA
Portfolio trading (PT) has grown significantly in corporate bond markets, and it creates some meaningful complications for transaction cost analysis and market data.
Portfolio trades...
Rates : Trading protocols : Dan Barnes
The new Treasuries protocols
Breaking away from the request-for-quote protocol could allow for tighter pricing without information leakage.
Traders engaged in the US Treasury (UST) markets...
MarketAxess launches centralised marketplace with integrated rates trading
Electronic bond market operator, MarketAxess, has launched a centralised fixed income trading marketplace integrating rates trading capabilities within the MarketAxess trading system.
MarketAxess acquired government...
Origination: Citigroup to issue US$275 million in HKEX bonds
Citigroup Global Markets has issued US$275 million in cash-settled exchangeable bonds for shares in HKEX.
The scheduled issue date for the bonds is 10 April...
Greenwich Associates: Buy side negative on CLOB for US treasuries
By Flora McFarlane.
Only 16% of buy-side firms thought using a central limit order book (CLOBs) would have a positive impact on trading US treasuries,...
Blake made partner at boutique Mariana Investment Partners
David Blake has joined Mariana Investment Partners, a boutique investment partnership focussed on investment solutions for small to mid-sized asset owners. Assets under advisory...
Securities financing : An integrated approach : Lynn Strongin Dodds
Securities lending comes into its own
How buy-side firms are adapting to the margin regime, by Lynn Strongin Dodds.
Regulation, including tighter margin legislation, has focused the buy-side mind...
Charlie Foley joins Market Securities
Global broker Market Securities has appointed Charlie Foley as an emerging markets fixed income broker.
In the London-based role, Foley is responsible for providing intermediary...
BoE sets code of conduct for repo and securities lending
A new voluntary Money Markets Code setting out the standards and best practice expected from participants in the deposit, repo and securities lending markets...
Origination: Euronext to issue €425 million in 7-year convertibles
Euronext has launched a €425 million offering of senior unsecured convertible notes, due 2032.
Each bond will be issued at €100,000, and is expected to...
This Week from Trader TV: Alex Morris, F/M Investments
Markets ‘underestimate inflation risks’ as the Middle East conflict escalates, and central banks face tough decision.
Markets may be underestimating the risk of rising inflation...
