Bridgewater and SSGA launch ETF as alt demand grows
Bridgewater Associates is launching an actively-managed retail ETF in partnership with State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) as demand for alternatives continues to rise. The...
Julian Hill joins UBS Asset Management
UBS Asset Management has hired Julian Hill as a fixed-income rates trader in London.
Hill arrives from Bloomberg, where he spent 18 months as...
The rise of the overlay
Derivative overlays are gaining popularity in offering portfolio managers and traders flexibility in tough markets. David Wigan reports.
Investment managers are expanding their use of...
FILS 2022: How ‘Giltmageddon’ could hit LDI specialists and drive new regulation
Traders at the Fixed Income Leaders Summits (FILS) largely reported that bond markets were quiet this week, with high yield and emerging bond markets...
Origin launches Instant-ISIN 2.0 for Eurobond issuance
Origin, a debt capital markets fintech, has launched Instant-ISIN 2.0 for both allocation and activation of ISINs for Eurobond issuance, ‘XS’ ISINs, while also...
FILS 2024: Building the right data environment
Traders have highlighted the importance of high-quality data for automating trades, noting that real-time liquidity scores and predictive prices are crucial to supporting this...
Tradeteq expands into private debt issuance
Tradeteq, the technology provider for securitisation-as-a-service and bank asset distribution, is expanding into private debt and real assets in an effort to help banks,...
Beyond Liquidity: Rebundling Research Will Not Increase Demand for UK SMEs
With the implementation of MiFID II in 2018 came the unbundling of payments for investment research from trading commissions. The perceived benefit of unbundling...
Delivering a liquid market for NGEU bonds, Angelo Proni, MTS
Q&A with Angelo Proni, Head of New and Domestic Markets, MTS
Why is the NGEU initiative important for Europe?
On 21 July 2020, EU leaders agreed to...
Bond market operators see high yield down in Q3 2023 YoY with emerging markets...
MarketAxess saw its US high-yield average daily volumes (ADV) for Q3 2023 drop 20.4% against Q3 2022, standing at US$1.3 billion, while high-grade ADV...
On The DESK: Sharon Ruffles
Sharon Ruffles, head of fixed income trading, EMEA at State Street Global Advisors, outlines her ongoing strategy to expand the scale, capabilities and reach of her team.
Which...
Granit Funds hires Erlandsson as head of fixed income from AP4
Granit Funds has recruited Ulf Erlandsson as its head of fixed income starting in August. He comes from the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4) where...
