FILS USA: The most valuable fixed income asset is ‘People’
Much of the talk at last week's Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Boston centred around the mechanics of buying and selling bonds: data and...
Milad Larkem joins LGIM
Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has appointed Milad Larkem as a junior fixed income trader.
Larkem joins the firm from MarketAxess, which he joined...
US vs Europe: The transatlantic divide for corporate bond traders
The DESK examines the different sizes, protocols and feedback traders can use on each side of the Atlantic to execute corporate bond orders.
While US...
Nomura Securities hit with special entitlements suspension
Nomura Securities has had its Special Entitlements of JGB Market Special Participants (Primary Dealer) suspended for a month as part of actions against unlawful...
The DESK’s Trading Intentions Survey 2021 : Neptune
Neptune has expanded its user base to 36% of buy-side traders in 2021 up from 29% in 2020, a considerable increase and one that...
SGX CDP live with Marketnode DLT direct-to-depository service for bond issuers
Singapore Exchange’s Central Depository (SGX CDP) has made a blockchain-enabled bond issuance platform available to market participants. Developed by Marketnode, an SGX Group-Temasek digital...
The election effect: Issuance in an election year
Looking at Dealogic data for debt issuance over the past four year tenures of US presidents, it is notable how much the macro picture,...
Eurex: Trade it at Eurex
By Davide Masi, Global Product Lead, Credit Derivatives and Leon Von Essen, Product Manager, Credit Derivatives at Eurex
Futurization is the next step in the...
Flextrade deployed at Mirae Asset Securities US operations
Mirae Asset Securities (USA) has selected FlexTrade Systems’ ColorPalette Order and Execution Management System (OEMS). The move is designed to support the firm’s overnight...
Milei’s victory saw Argentinian debt traders reach for rapid risk transfer
In late October 2025, Argentine President Javier Milei’s party, La Libertad Avanza, scored a decisive win, in the country’s midterm elections, a political triumph...
Exante targets SMAs with portfolio management infrastructure
Prime broker Exante has launched a portfolio management system designed to help firms scale and meet demand for separately managed accounts.
Allocator has been developed...
On the DESK : Cathy Gibson : Royal London
The buy side must be an active participant in shaping market structure if investors are to achieve the best returns, says Cathy Gibson.
Biography: Cathy...
