New senior trader at Baillie Gifford
James Li has been appointed senior investment trader at Baillie Gifford in Hong Kong. Li was most recently head of Asian Dealing at Baring...
Focus on China’s property sector
The charts we focus on this week are from CreditSights, and look at the issuance and outstanding bonds for Evergrande, the Chinese property developer...
Outsourced trading consolidates further with State Street’s new acquisition
State Street Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CF Global Trading, a global firm specialising in outsourced trading on an agency...
Impact of ICBC hack on trading US Treasuries
Buy-side traders reported limited impacted from the ransomware hack on Industrial and Commercial Bank of China that occurred on Wednesday in US trading hours,...
ESMA relaxes best ex reporting
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has pushed back reporting of best execution by execution venues and trading firms, which are regulatory requirements...
ICE Data Services: Bond defaults double in Q2
ICE Data Services has seen the level of defaults for bonds double in Q2 2019 to US$7.183 billion, up from US$2.616 billion in Q1...
Treasuries HFT hack test results released
The impact of a simulated cyberattack on a high-frequency trading (HFT) firm in the US Treasury (UST) market has been released by the Treasury...
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Making a mark on TCA
Transaction cost analysis is becoming more sophisticated despite data limitations. Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the current offerings.
Fixed income markets are becoming more transparent....
Tradition takes over BondsPro as MTS leaves US market
MTS, the European bond trading platform majority-owned by Euronext, has completed the sale of its US subsidiary MTS Markets International to Tradition America Holdings,...
Me The Money Show – Green Bonds
Me The Money Show Episode 17 from Markets Media on Vimeo.
Investors are ramping up demand for green bonds, with issuers seeing a positive appetite...
CSDR mandatory buy-in delay welcomed
Umberto Menconi, head of Digital Markets Structures, Market Hub, Banca IMI, Intesa Sanpaolo Group
Since the financial crisis waves of new regulation and the need...
VedBrat named global head of trading for BlackRock
Supurna VedBrat, currently deputy head of trading and co-head for Electronic Trading & Market Structure at asset manager BlackRock will become global head of...
