Salim Ramji named new Vanguard CEO
Vanguard has appointed Salim Ramji as the firm’s new CEO, effective 8 July.
Ramji, who will also become a member of the board, succeeds Tim...
Euro credit primary market “extremely dynamic” in August: AXA IM
The Euro IG corporate index spread finished August 84bps over asw – higher than levels seen at the end of July. Euro credit is...
Mizuho senior departs for Deutsche Bank
Amedeo Scippacercola has joined Deutsche Bank as a European government bond trader. He is based in London.
Within Deutsche Bank’s investment bank division, fixed income...
OMS market: Vendors focusing on strategic sales pitch
Research suggests that an apparently limited interest in changing order management systems (OMS) on buy-side trading desks has been overcome by OMS vendors at...
Beyond Liquidity: Tokenization could improve bond liquidity & transparency
Bond markets could potentially use tokenization to improve efficiency, liquidity and transparency according to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) as consultancy McKinsey said...
Derivatives: Credit default swaps – The revival
Applying innovation from corporate bond markets to credit derivatives trading could boost liquidity at a point of market stress.
Single-name credit default swaps (CDSs) provide...
Mosaic Smart Data and Limeglass boost research analytics for banks
Analytics provider Mosaic Smart Data and Limeglass, the financial research specialist, have formed an alliance to help banks analyse research reports associated with client...
Investors flock to credit futures amid credit spread concerns
CME Group has reported a sharp increase in credit futures contracts, noting nine consecutive days of increases in active, unsettled contracts.
The US credit futures...
Franklin Templeton bolsters SMA services
Franklin Templeton has selected IMTC for separately managed accounts (SMA) management.
“Over the next few years, we anticipate significant growth in the SMA space and...
Tradeweb: A new era in Gilt pricing
The DESK talks to Chris Collett, Director, European Governments at Tradeweb, about the transformation of Gilt reference pricing in 2017.
The end-of-day Gilt and Treasury...
Are interdealer markets dead?
So-called ‘interdealer’ markets have long been used by large buy-side firms. This well-known secret creates inequality for those investment firms barred from participating, and...
Bloomberg: Real-Time Pricing for Sovereign Bonds
Bloomberg Introduces Real-Time Pricing for Sovereign Bonds Across 14 Markets with Expansion of IBVAL Front Office
Eric Isenberg, Head of Enterprise Data Pricing and...
