FILS USA 2022: Following a difficult start to the year…
The Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit (FILS) USA will this year begin after a period of difficult liquidity in bond markets.
MarketAxess data showed trading volumes...
Citi names Tokiya Kishie head of markets in Japan
Citi has appointed Tokiya Kishie as head of markets in Japan, effective 1 October.
Kishie will report to Paul Smith, head of markets for Japan,...
Oscar Kressner joins Millennium
Oscar Kressner has joined alternative asset manager Millennium Management Global Investment, as a portfolio manager covering global macro investing. Millennium, which has US$56 billion...
David Blake leaves Northern Trust as director for Global Fixed Income
David Blake has left Northern Trust Global Investments as director for Global Fixed Income, after 15 years at the firm, following a restructuring of...
Spitz to lead Flow Traders
Flow Traders has named Thomas Spitz as CEO, effective 1 September, subject to shareholder approval.
He replaces Mike Kuehnel, who has been CEO for the...
Mosaic Smart Data and Limeglass boost research analytics for banks
Analytics provider Mosaic Smart Data and Limeglass, the financial research specialist, have formed an alliance to help banks analyse research reports associated with client...
Market structure: Is e-trading plateauing?
The overall pace of bond market electronification is slowing, but trading evolution is not linear.
Electronic trading has grown as a proportion of total trading,...
High Yield did not get the ‘trade size’ memo
High yield trade sizes are continuing to rise in 2024, and its bonds continue to show signs of increasingly manual trading. As bond markets...
BestEx Research launches no-code algo trading tool
BestEx Research Group, a provider of algorithmic execution and measurement solutions for equities, futures, and FX trading, has added a no-code algorithmic trading tool,...
European Markets Choice Awards 2021 – The Finalists
Best Execution and The DESK are delighted to announce the finalists in the inaugural European Markets Choice Awards, sponsored by Instinet and Tradeweb.
The Awards...
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...
Analysis: Market response to US Treasury’s increased borrowing needs
The US Treasury’s need to increase debt issuance, beyond market expectations, has had several effects. Firstly there was a ratings downgrade of the USA...
