HSBC Asset Management names Global Fixed Income CIO
HSBC Asset Management has appointed Michael Cross in the newly created role of Global Fixed Income CIO.
The fund manager said in a statement that...
Hult: The dealer business is changing
Who are the big beasts of the bond markets today? The red ink on banks’ recent quarterly earnings reports writes the latest chapter in...
ESMA dials up bond CTP selection
ESMA has told several Bond CTP providers hopefuls that they have been invited to participate in the second step of competitive procedure with negotiation.
The...
A very clear contrast in trading volumes as sanctions bite
The second chart this week shows trading in Russian government bonds which fell off a cliff at the start of March, triggered by an...
Risk of fiscal crisis in US from growing federal debt
A new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has found that if current laws governing taxes and spending generally remained unchanged, the federal...
EMIR refit: get ahead of upcoming changes
By Joanne Salkeld at MarketAxess
The European Commission's regulatory fitness and performance programme (REFIT) is aimed at simplifying EU legislation and reducing any unnecessary regulatory...
Volumes up, e-trading down in US rates
Average daily notional volumes in US rates jumped 11 percentage points year-on-year (YoY) in October, reaching US$989 billion. Volatility was down by 40%, with...
Chappell lands new trading role for 2020
Brett Chappell, the former head of fixed income trading at Nordea Investment Management, is joining Mariana UFP, a global financial services business in London...
LedgerEdge integrates with thinkFolio
Trading ecosystem provider LedgerEdge has integrated with thinkFolio, the multi-asset class investment management platform from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The integration of the two...
EM traders ride out the chaos
It would be understandable if trading in emerging markets (EM) debt were becoming more expensive as risk increased in many markets it makes up,...
Broadridge’s LTX platform launches buy-side advisory group
To further help develop corporate bond trading and advance market structure, Broadridge Financial Solutions has formed a new Buy-Side Advisory Group for LTX, Broadridge's...
How Omicron has shaken trading desks
Investors and analysts are urging a cautious response to the new Covid variant – Omicron – after Friday’s markets saw the Volatility Index (VIX)...
