Trumid growing HY market share
By Flora McFarlane.
Trumid has announced trading volumes of US$2 billion in January 2018, more than doubling 2017 figures, with daily averages of over US$100mm...
Pacific Western and Banc of California merge, sell US$1.9bn in bonds, munis and treasuries
Banc of California has today completed its merger with PacWest Bancorp, with both firms shedding billions of dollars’ worth of agency commercial mortgage-backed securities,...
Credit trading desks seeing job cuts & hiring freezes, adding to operational pressure
Reports of reduction in headcount on buy-side trading desks at BlackRock, Nuveen and Wellington with cuts also reported at investment banks, are demonstrating the...
Sustainable bond issuance now 12% of total market
A report co-authored by Nicholas Pfaff, Valérie Guillaumin, Simone Utermarck, Ozgur Altun and Stanislav Egorov of the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA), has found...
Goldman veteran joins Bank of America
Bank of America has appointed Simona Composto as director of futures and options, over-the-counter clearing, FX prime brokerage and fixed income prime brokerage sales....
Hedge fund AI vehicle wins investment from Nomura
By Vineet Naik.
Nomura, the investment bank, has announced that it is investing in AIM2, a venture specialising in creating artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for...
China’s bond futures add to liquidity from index inclusion
Still fighting for the depth of US and Japanese bond markets, China’s liberalisation of derivatives trading bodes well for market liquidity. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports.
After almost...
ICMA proposes post-trade deferral regime for sovereign bonds
The international Capital Markets Association (ICMA) has proposed a deferral regime for post-trade sovereign bond data, to counter the ‘complicated’ approach currently allowed.
In...
Is portability via indirect clearing under threat?
As sell-side relationships are harder to come by, indirect clearing offers hope for smaller buy-side firms, but without mandated asset segregation many may find...
Halila Mazin joins KNG Securities
KNG Securities, the fixed income investment banking boutique, has appointed former Barclays distressed and emerging markets (EM) debt specialist, Halila Mazin, as fixed income...
E-trading platforms show mixed results in October’s market share battle
Electronic trading fixed income platforms saw a slight drop off in volume relative to October, but strong activity against the same period last year.
Bond...
Bill Vulpis appointed to IMTC advisory board
IMTC, the provider of fixed income investment management technology, has appointed industry-veteran Bill Vulpis to its advisory board.
Vulpis brings extensive experience to IMTC as...
