ISDA expands transparency exercise to European CDS
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has expanded its SwapsInfo derivatives database to include European credit default swaps (CDS) trading activity, enhancing transparency...
US Treasury recommends HFT firms be identified in TRACE data
By The DESK.
In a review of market structure issued on 6 October 2017, the US Treasury has recommended closing the gap in the granularity...
Aligning the pre-trade credit liquidity picture and the execution goal
Pre-trade data and market colour are imperative for buy-side traders looking to achieve best execution in corporate bond markets. Understanding how that applies to...
HilltopSecurities names Jason Lisec head of fixed income capital markets
Hilltop Securities has named Jason Lisec as head of fixed income capital markets. Lisec joined HilltopSecurities in 2009 and has served as co-head of...
ICE: Muni Bonds – an interview with Ed Paulinski
In ICE’s series ‘The Munis Ecosystem’, ICE gathers experts from across the sector: issuers, portfolio managers, pricing & analytics, trading and climate experts, to...
Perpetual selects State Street’s Charles River to manage front office ops
State Street subsidiary Charles River Development has been tapped by Perpetual Group to manage its front office operations for the firm’s Australian asset management...
Analyzing chair Gensler’s comments on TRACE reporting
By Julien Alexandre & Grant Lowensohn
Highlights
The SEC chair recently announced the SEC was considering reducing the reporting window for US corporate bond transactions to...
Month-end activity in alternative protocols
By Misha Girshfeld, Research Specialist and Grant Lowensohn, Senior Research Analyst at MarketAxess. 25 October, 2022
Highlights
We have seen an average increase of about 11%...
Big names out at BGC
Interdealer broker BGC Partners has made a wave of job cuts, as announced in April, which combined with recent departures has removed several heads...
FINRA reporting change could support low-touch trading at size
A proposed pilot project for raising the size at which US bond trades must be reported, and delaying reporting for even larger trades, could...
Agency Broker Hub : A look under the broker review hood
In this Agency Broker Hub column, Michelangelo Gigante, head of Execution Desk at Eurizon Capital SGR and Gherardo Lenti Capoduri, head of Market Hub,...
Emerging market bonds issuance and returns grow
This week we examine the very directional movements of emerging markets (EM) assets under management (AUM), due to investment flows and growing issuance. With...
