Investor Demand: Geopolitical risk an evolving threat, but not discouraging risk taking
Geopolitical risk is top of mind for institutional investors, with close to 50% saying that there are too many in play for them to...
Federated Hermes trades “less than 5%” on e-trading platforms
The chief investment officer (CIO) of asset manager Federated Hermes investments (FHI), which has US$758 billion in assets under management, has said the firm...
BGC’s FMX goes live with Marex executing first trade
BGC Group launched its highly anticipated FMX Futures Exchange on Monday, opening for SOFR futures trading at 9 PM ET.
Marex cleared the first trade...
Liontrust to acquire GAM
Liontrust, the specialist fund management group, has conditionally agreed to acquire GAM, the troubled investment management group, in an all share approach, with ordinary...
FILS 2021: Next steps to automating the bond market
Data analysis, interoperability and flexibility are the top priorities for automating the bond markets, delegates at the 2021 Fixed Income Leaders Summit (FILS) in...
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...
US credit traders watch volumes, e-trading grow
Average daily notional volumes (ADNV) in US corporate bonds have been rising steadily since 2022, already hitting US$49.8 billion year-to-date. According to asset managers...
Berry joins First Eagle
Edward Berry has joined First Eagle Investments as managing director for alternative credit.
First Eagle holds US$213 billion in assets under management as of 31...
FILS USA 2026: Separately managed accounts to evolve into multi-asset wrappers
Separately managed accounts are no longer a niche product for the ultra-wealthy. Across the fixed income market, practitioners are watching the structure evolve from...
Municipal bond traders push for better execution
A standardised framework of processes could emerge from platform providers and regulators to support electronification.
In a market without infrastructure, common standards of behaviour and...
Fidelity International: “A new era for interest rates”
Steve Ellis, global chief investment officer for fixed income at Fidelity International has outlined dynamics which could affect debt markets in 2023.
“Fixed income markets...
Bloomberg and DirectBooks’ integration
Bloomberg and DirectBooks integration lays new tracks to drive primary bond market efficiencies and automation
FILS Boston – Bloomberg and DirectBooks’ integration lays new tracks...
