“There is no liquidity”: Bond traders report market conditions never seen before
Buy-side bond traders are facing a considerable challenge in matching their investor’s demand for fixed income assets as equity markets plummet. Volumes are up,...
FILS 2024: Bond opportunity is in the eye of the beholder
Amid swirling geopolitical uncertainty, are bond portfolios recession-proof? This was the question debated by buyside panellists at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit on Friday.
For...
How to overcome the hidden challenges of new derivatives regulation : OpenGamma
By Peter Rippon, CEO, OpenGamma.
New regulation introduced to mitigate the systemic risk associated with both cleared and uncleared OTC derivatives has also brought about additional...
SoftSolutions’ new testing-as-a-service environment live
SoftSolutions, the fixed income trading technology provider, has announced that a major Scandinavian bank is completing testing of the latest version of nexRates using...
European Women in Finance : Jane Ambachtsheer : Ahead of her time
Jane Ambachtsheer, Global Head of Sustainability at BNP Paribas Asset Management talks to Lynn Strongin Dodds about ESG, strategy and transformation.
The focus on environmental,...
Emily Prince joins Finbourne board
Finbourne Technology has named Emily Prince, group head of analytics at LSEG and CEO of analytics service Yield Book, as a non-executive board member.
Prince...
HY holding back US credit e-trading evolution
Electronic trading in investment grade (IG) US credit was up both year-on-year (YoY) and month-on-month (MoM) in June, according to research from Coalition Greenwich,...
Le Saout named portfolio manager at ADIA
Tanguy Le Saout has been appointed portfolio manager (PM) for macro fixed income Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), a sovereign wealth fund with a...
BlueCrest hit by £40m fine by FCA
Fund manager BlueCrest has been fined just over £40 million by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for inadequate disclosures to investors, regarding its...
Bryan Harkins joins Trumid
Electronic credit trading platform Trumid has appointed Bryan Harkins in the newly created role of chief revenue officer.
Harkins is an experienced executive with expertise...
MarketAxess Q1 revenue up 36%; reports on US spreads
Bond market operator MarketAxess has seen revenues for the first quarter of 2020 increase 36% to US$169 million, up on the US$124.5 million it...
Reimagining RFQ for Credit: The building blocks to a truly flexible approach
By Chioma Okoye, Managing Director, European Institutional Credit, Tradeweb
Innovation, automation and collaboration – the key to returning operational capacity back to the trader in order...
