Investor Demand: Barclays study challenges FCA proposals on retail access to corporate bonds
A detailed analysis by investment bank Barclays raises questions about the practical impact of regulatory measures to increase access to corporate bond markets, suggesting...
ICE promotes veteran Christopher Edmonds
Christopher Edmonds has been promoted to president, fixed income and data services, at Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), based out of Georgia, US.
Edmonds has been with...
The time has come for digital adoption in the corporate bond markets
By David Nicol, CEO LedgerEdge.
The corporate bond market is critically important – it allows companies to raise capital, pension funds to meet obligations, and...
Exclusive: Katana’s intellectual property up for sale
The intellectual property of Katana, which provides trade ideas to bond investors, has been put up for sale by Hilco Streambank. Developed in-house at...
LedgerEdge selects Exactpro to support distributed ledger enabled corporate bond trading
Exactpro, a software testing provider for mission-critical financial market infrastructures, has been chosen by LedgerEdge, which is developing a next-generation ecosystem for corporate bond...
Citi bolsters Australian, New Zealand markets business with seven appointments
Citi Australia and New Zealand’s Markets business has expanded its team with seven appointments across markets sales, asset-backed securitisation and financing, G10 rates trading,...
Just 23% of buy-side firms confident in preparedness for MiFID II
By Flora McFarlane.
A new report by block-trading specialist Liquidnet says that MiFID II will drive automation in trading, but firms face many complexities and...
Five ideas from FILS for buy-side traders
The Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit US kicked off on Monday 9 June in Washington DC, with the buy-side traders’ day. While no reporting is...
The DESK’s Trading Intentions Survey 2021
This year sees tighter pipelines for new business and a wider array of trading protocols.
Executive summary
One year on from the sell-off in Q1 2020,...
Subscriber
Legal & General restructures with new AM division, departure of LGIM CEO
Michelle Scrimgeour, CEO of Legal & General Investment Management and vice-chair of the Investment Association, is stepping down from her role after five years...
Overbond and Rapid Addition form strategic alliance for bond trading automation
Overbond’s fixed income artificial intelligence (AI) will now offer protocol and system agnostic integration with venues and electronic trading systems used by sell-side and...
Betting the house
Mortgage origination in the US is predicted by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) to rise significantly across 2024-25, yet trading of securitised mortgages still...
