Rising rates but falling demand
Analysis by JP Morgan’s Global Markets Strategy team, Nikos Panigirtzoglou, Mika Inkinen and Mayur Yeole has cast an interesting light on the prospects for...
LoopFX goes live
FX liquidity network LoopFX has gone live after three years of development.
A total of 15 asset managers and banks have executed agreements with the...
Global investor confidence rises, European confidence falls
State Street Global Markets has found that, despite recent market fluctuations, the State Street Investor Confidence Index (ICI) for May 2022 increased to 97.1,...
Aegon AM wins short-dated investment grade bond mandates
Aegon Asset Management’s reports it has won two UK clients totalling £325 million for its short-dated investment grade bond strategy, with a further mandate...
Pre-trade data: The next generation
The first generation of pre-trade analytics are consolidating; the second generation of price and liquidity providers such as Bondcliq and Katana will need to...
APAC trading recovery is far from even
The recovery from last year’s market sell-off and the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic appears to have been marked in many regions, with volumes for both...
Rules & Ratings: S&P’s APAC sovereign ratings stable – for now
No changes were made to S&P Global’s 21 APAC sovereign ratings or outlooks in H1 2025, suggesting an expectation that the global economy will...
BTIG appoints Flavio Paparella to emerging markets fixed income team
Financial services firm BTIG has appointed Flavio Paparella as managing director within its global emerging markets fixed income group.
Paparella, who will focus on Latin...
On the DESK : Dwayne Middleton : Morgan Stanley
The modern trader needs an all-rounder mentality, considerable flexibility and the power to be a decision maker.
Dwayne Middleton is head of US fixed income...
Investor Demand: Aized Rabbani joins First Eagle Investments direct lending team
Expanding its direct lending origination team, First Eagle Investments has appointed Aized Rabbani as managing director of origination. Vice president Aaron Kirsch has moved...
Internal crossing for US bond trading needs ‘principles-based’ approach
Buy-side firms have roundly supported Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposals to allow internal crossing of fixed income trades in the US market, however...
Portware claims ice cracking on EMS/OMS division
By Flora McFarlane.
“The order management system (OMS) and to an extent the execution management system (EMS) as stand-alone products are dead,” says John Adam, global...
