Infront acquires wealth management specialist Assetmax
Financial technology provider Infront is to acquire Assetmax, the Swiss supplier of multi-custody portfolio management, client relationship management and compliance technology
Infront has noted that...
Rules & Ratings: Australia cuts rates – with caution
The Reserve Bank of Australia has lowered the cash rate target to 4.1%, dropping 0.25%. The exchange settlement balance interest rate has been reduced...
China takes a bigger slice of global FI pie
China has seen a growing share of global fixed income markets outstanding since 2014, with SIFMA data showing it to be one of the...
Craig McLeod: Exploring the new frontiers of EM trading
Today’s EM traders need more data, market access and broader liquidity than ever before to meet the investment profiles of their portfolios. Craig McLeod,...
Tradeweb poaches Dan Cleaves to lead Dealerweb CLOB
Market operator Tradeweb has appointed Dan Cleaves, the former CEO of Brokertec Americas, as a managing director in its Dealerweb wholesale unit.
He said, “The...
Stanley Sheriff starts trading at Balyasny
Stanley Sheriff has started running risk as a macro portfolio manager at Balyasny Asset Management in Dubai after having been poached last year from...
Trading protocol gains bolster liquidity sourcing
Perspectives vary as to which newer methods of buying and selling bonds will most help institutional traders in the next year, but there is...
Absorbing Gilt
The year after next, the UK is set to issue £305 billion gilts to support the government’s spending programme. The high level of issuance...
MarketAxess to buy MuniBrokers
Bond market operator MarketAxess has agreed to buy MuniBrokers, a central electronic venue serving municipal bond inter-dealer brokers and dealers.
MuniBrokers connects 14 municipal securities...
The Book: Barclays makes four investment banking appointments
Barclays has made a number of appointments within its investment banking division. By shoring up its investment banking business, the firm may be looking...
Coalition Greenwich: “E-trading in HY is only just getting started”
Average daily notional volumes were up 4% year-on-year (YoY) to US$51 billion in US credit this October, with average daily trade sizes rising by...
Europe’s incongruous drop in IG bid-ask spreads
European investment grade (IG) credit traders will have seen average bid-ask spreads declining since April, with the median average (typically about €0.03 cents lower...
