Market sources: Project Amber has shut down
Multiple sources have confirmed that the withdrawal of major banks from Project Amber has shut it down. Three banks had reportedly left before the...
Greenwich: MiFID II hit equity commissions but not bond spreads
By Pia Hecher.
Management consulting firm Greenwich Associates has published the results of its annual 2018 global equities commission analytics, suggesting that execution rates on...
RBC BlueBay veteran Jewell joins Ninety One
Investment manager Ninety One has named Justin Jewell as co-portfolio manager for its developed markets specialist credit team.
He joins Darpan Harar in overseeing multi...
Lin swaps BNP Paribas for TD Securities
TD Securities has appointed Yi Chi Lin as a director and US head of fixed income/FICC trade surveillance. He is based in New York.
Lin...
Greenwich: D2C Treasuries e-trading increases in July
An analysis of trading in the US Treasury space by Greenwich Associates has seen the proportion of electronic dealer-to-client activity (D2C) increasing in July,...
Joseph Parascandolo swaps Equilend for Wematch
Wematch.live has appointed Joseph Parascandolo as director of securities lending sales and coverage for North America, based in New York.
Parascandolo has more than 20...
Are issuers predicting a 6% Fed Funds rate?
Bond issuance has continued to beat expectations in February 2023. Last month saw 774 investment grade bonds issued globally, for a notional value of...
Ancoa post-mortem: Spend was over four times greater than revenue
Ancoa, the troubled market surveillance firm that went into administration on 5 May 2017, had an average monthly spend of £450,000 in 2017, or...
ASEAN exchanges push for sustainability progress
Executives at ASEAN exchanges have agreed on four proof-of-concepts to follow over the next three years, continuing their sustainability initiatives.
The objectives, determined at the...
Governance key to EU consolidated bond tape’s success
The International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) has published a report outlining the possible routes to delivering a successful consolidated tape of price data of...
Stefano Dallavalle and Diederik Van Suchtelen join LedgerEdge
LedgerEdge, the distributed ledger platform for corporate bond trading, has appointed Stefano Dallavalle to develop LedgerEdge’s platform as product director. He joins LedgerEdge with...
Treasuries crunch: Sponging up Treasury liquidity
A considerable increase in trade failures, combined with falling volume and buy-and-hold strategies is creating a shallow market in US treasuries, making the October...
