Frediani appointed head of European expansion at BondCliQ
Gabriele Frediani has been named head of European expansion strategy and execution at BondCliQ, the central bond price facility driven by dealer prices.
Frediani is...
ICMA responds to digital securities sandbox proposals
The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has suggested a number of amendments to the FCA and Bank of England’s proposal to implement and operate...
Reports: Ukraine raises nearly US$300 million in bond sale
Ukraine has successfully raised funds in the bond market at a time when Russian debt is becoming untradable. The proceeds from the bonds will...
BTMU fined for spoofing in Treasury futures
By Flora McFarlane.
On 7 August the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CTFC) fined The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) for spoofing, submitting orders that are...
Viewpoint : The importance of the market maker : Igor Burlakov
Better execution through sell-side innovation
Igor Burlakov, head of Capital Markets at Sova Capital sees the impact of lower rates and reduced volatility impacting trading...
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...
The reward of risk
By Larry E. Fondren, Founder & CEO, DelphX Capital Markets Inc.
Traditional risk/reward comparisons treat the effective cost of an investment’s risk as a decrement...
Euronext launches government bond index family
Euronext, in partnership with its electronic fixed income trading platform MTS, has launched a European government bond (EGB) index family.
Derived from the “mother index”,...
Bloomberg veteran Miller joins TT; Dixey moves to Redburn Atlantic; Davies to Liontrust
Bloomberg veteran Gavin Miller has been appointed director of EMEA sales within Trading Technologies’ (TT) fixed income division.
Miller joins TT from BGC Partners where...
ISIN at issuance launched for Eurobonds by Origin
Origin Markets, the debt capital markets fintech, is launching an instant-ISIN feature, created in collaboration with international central securities depositary (ICSD) Clearstream, which is...
Citi develops blockchain FX solution under Monetary Authority of Singapore Guardian project
Citi has developed an application that uses blockchain infrastructure to price and execute bilateral spot foreign-exchange (FX) trades.
The application is a part of Project...
Brambilla swaps Morgan Stanley for Citi
Silvia Brambilla has joined Citi as a financials credit trader. She is based in London.
Citi reported US$4.3 billion in fixed income markets revenue for...