MarketAxess’s Axess All Prints to offer real-time price transparency in Europe
Fixed income market operator and data provider, MarketAxess, has launched Axess All Prints, a real-time transacted price service for the most actively traded fixed...
Horan: Buy-side trader role and support will continue to change in 2021
By Michael Horan, Head of Trading, EMEA, at BNY Mellon’s Pershing.
Today, buy-side firms have to grapple with the most complex trading environment in the...
Neil Kleinman to head up debt capital markets at Joseph Gunnar
Emerging growth markets-focused broker-dealer and investment bank, Joseph Gunnar & Co (JGUN), has appointed Neil Kleinman as head of debt capital markets.
Kleinman will...
Mixed trading volumes in May for fixed income across platforms
Looking at the numbers from the major trading platforms in May, volumes appear to be recovering which will be positive for dealers, who saw...
Hiring spree sees banks bolster fixed-income desks
By Flora McFarlane.
A Greenwich Associates report indicates banks are rebuilding their sales and trading desks in response to several quarters of growth in fixed...
Margin calls for bitcoin futures pose systemic threat
AIG failed in 2008, because the value it placed upon the mortgages underpinning the credit default swaps it had sold to Goldman Sachs was...
ESMA’s DLT regime could go permanent, despite low takeup
The European Securities and Markets Association (ESMA) has outlined potential amendments to make its distributed ledger technology (DLT) pilot regime permanent, despite a lacklustre...
Uncertainty on impact of US debt ceiling
Members of the Treasury Market Practices Group (TPMG) were unable to come to a consensus on the impact of the US debt limit being...
Abel Noser acquires Trade Informatics
Trade analytics and agency brokerage Abel Noser has closed the deal with Trade Informatics, a New York based firm offering equities trade cost analysis...
Credit Suisse and Crédit Agricole lose EC fine appeals
Credit Suisse and Crédit Agricole have lost their appeals to avoid €28.4 in fines for competition rule infringement, initially imposed by the European Commission...
The interplay between the cash and derivative credit markets
For investors, the derivatives market is a potentially a rich source for investment returns and risk management. It can also be a valuable source...
Qontigo adds CDS and increased factor coverage to credit spread model
Qontigo, the risk, analytics, and index solution provider, has added credit default swaps (CDS) and increased factor coverage to its Axioma Credit Spread Factor...
