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...
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...
Bloomberg introduces new fixed income pre-trade TCA model
Bloomberg has launched a new pre-trade transaction cost analysis (TCA) model that helps market participants to assess trade cost, daily executable volume, and probability...
Can greater automation throw the industry a much-needed lifeline?
Vincent Kilcoyne, EVP, Product Management, at SmartStream Technologies assesses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the future of banking.
The coronavirus pandemic has had...
Investor Demand: Long-term fixed income allocations rise as risk appetite remains neutral
State Street Holdings Indicators have shown that long-term investor allocations to fixed income rose 43bps to 27.9%, by extension meaning cash holdings dropped 80bps...
Symphony partners with Saphyre to offer integrated pre- and post-trade solution
Markets’ infrastructure and communications platform, Symphony, has partnered with fintech firm Saphyre to integrate patented AI technology into pre and post-trade workflows for front,...
Bloomberg research: Automated trading boosts both productivity and performance
Automated trading solutions have gone from being a tough sell to a requisite as firms seek to improve productivity.
However, the impact on performance...
Citadel Securities’ new hires are reinforcing US credit market expansion
Citadel Securities has seen a spate of hirings on its credit trading teams in January 2024, supporting its expansion into the corporate bond space...
Fund location in a passive world
As hurricane Irma smashed into the British Virgin Islands (BVI) the headlines were correctly focused on the human impact. Yet in the financial markets...
SEC: Leech charged with cherry picking trades for WAMCO funds
The SEC has charged Ken Leech with fraud. The bond trader was former co-chief investment officer at Western Asset Management (WAMCO), which holds US$336.1...
Credit: The introduction and initial impact of portfolio trading
Ted Husveth, Managing Director, Credit Product Manager, Tradeweb.
Portfolio trading in credit markets continues to take shape and change the way that many clients are trading...
Power to the people
New trading protocols can create paths to best execution or confound it through complexity. Chris Hall reports.
“Every nation gets the government it deserves” was...
