Bond platforms see leap in June volumes year-on-year
Trading platforms recorded double digit growth in average daily volumes (ADV) in June 2024. Tradeweb saw its June 2024 fully electronic US credit ADV...
ICE to offer US Treasury securities clearing
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is launching a clearing service for US Treasury securities and repurchasing agreements, it has announced.
The Treasury clearing service will leverage ICE...
End-of-year optimism high across fixed income firms
Fixed income market optimism has soared, according to valantic FSA and Acuiti’s Q3 2024 Fixed Income Expert Network report, with more than three quarters...
On The DESK : Gianluca Minieri, Pioneer Investments
The Greatest Concentration of Risk
Gianluca Minieri has been the global head of trading at Pioneer Investments since 2011, driving reform across trading operations, including...
The implication of Europe’s falling volumes
An ominous sign in Europe’s secondary markets for dealers, as volumes remain in the doldrums.
Anecdotally, buy-side firms report volumes are up to 20%...
Davis Polk boosts asset management investment with three new partners
Davis Polk has hired Andrew Ahern, Alisa Waxman and Luke Eldridge as partners in the investment management practice in New York.
Ahern advises sponsors of...
Buy-side firms may dominate front office tech
Buy-side firms need to make secular decisions about whether to buy or sell technology to other asset managers. Dan Barnes reports.
In April, CEO of...
Ballooning margin costs hobble US treasury basis trade returns, research finds
Institutional investors betting on yield spread fluctuations between US treasuries are facing ballooning margin costs, new research from derivatives analytics firm OpenGamma reveals.
Rising margin...
Ron Catena joins Marex
Marex has appointed Ron Catena as director of fixed income outsourced trading. Based in the US, he reports to Mike Rosen, global co-head of...
Positive reception of FCA consolidated tape plans keeping pace with Europe
A consultation on plans for a consolidated tape of fixed income prices, announced by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has drawn support from...
Intesa Sanpaolo joins ICE Clear Credit, expanding European participation
Intesa Sanpaolo has become a clearing participant at ICE Clear Credit, the clearinghouse for credit default swaps.
“The addition of Intesa Sanpaolo to the...
Coalition: FICC up 50% for banks in H1, rates revenues doubled
Banks saw fixed income, currency and commodities (FICC) revenues rise by 54.6% in the first half of the year according to analyst firm Coalition....
