Bank of England to back the buy side in market turmoil
The Bank of England (BoE) will develop a new lending tool for non-bank financial institutions, starting with UK insurance companies and pension funds, which...
Credit: The big takeaways from FILS Europe
In a market ‘obsessed’ with yield pick up, seeing considerable inflows into bond funds, corporate debt is getting bought up en masse. While this...
Kerätär takes new trading role at Elo
Antti Kerätär, senior dealer at OP Financial Group in Finland, is moving to a new role at Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company as part...
MarketAxess’s 2020 revenues up nearly 35%
Electronic bond market operator, MarketAxess, has reported revenues in 2020 were up 34.8% on 2019 to US$689.1 million, compared to US$511.4 million for the...
thinkFolio integrates Investor Access to support primary market workflow
IHS Markit's thinkFolio investment management platform has integrated with the firm's Investor Access primary market workflow tool, to provide fixed income issuance support within...
Industry viewpoint : Trading U.S. Treasuries : Josh Holden
Beige:
US Treasuries path forward likely to be moulded by lessons of other markets
By Josh Holden,
Chief Information Officer, OpenDoor Trading
At OpenDoor we recently celebrated the...
European buy-side to gather for European Fixed Income Trading Summit
Europe’s buy-side fixed income traders and portfolio managers will gather at the Four Seasons Milan on 2-3 March for Institutional Investor’s second annual European...
Country focus: India’s bond markets in an election year
India has an upcoming election on 19 April, which the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is widely...
Finsight acquires Credit Flow Research
Capital markets technology and market data firm Finsight has expanded its US fixed income market provision with the acquisition of Credit Flow Research.
The acquisition...
BNP Paribas streamlines pre-trade client workflow with ipushpull
BNP Paribas is streamlining its manual workflow for non-standard, complex trades, to support its global asset manager client base.
Using technology developed by ipushpull, a...
Imogen Hepsworth joins Federated Hermes as trading desk expansion continues
Federated Hermes has announced the continued growth of its trading desk, with the appointment of Imogen Hepsworth - previously of MarketAxess - as a...
What FINRA’s trade reporting changes tell us about consolidated tapes
Understanding the difference between commercial and public data offerings is crucial for data users. A good example of this difference can be found with...