Insights & Analysis : Makeup removal time for Powell at Jackson Hole
The Fed chair, Jerome Powell, used the annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium on 22 August to confirm a formal reset of the Fed policy...
Financial Conduct Authority approves Trax and Tradeweb for MiFID II Reporting
By Flora McFarlane.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has granted approval to Trax and Tradeweb as Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) for transparency and reporting under...
The Book: France issues first digitally native note
Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) has issued France’s first digital native note as part of European Central Bank trials to settle wholesale transitions...
BlackRock launches first BuyWrite fixed income ETFs
BlackRock launched a first-of-its-kind suite of fixed income ETFs that provide access to buy-write investment strategies on baskets of fixed income securities: the iShares...
Wicks promoted at LGAM
Ed Wicks has been promoted to head of global markets at L&G Asset Management.
The company holds £1.117 trillion in assets under management.
Wicks has been...
‘Alternative’ rating agencies’ early Greece upgrades led Moodys and S&P
Greek spreads over German debt have tightened from 270 basis points to 70 basis points since mid 2022. Non-traditional rating agencies like Scope ratings...
Barclays Japan appoints JP Morgan veteran
Yoichi Takemura has been appointed head of macro trading for Japan at Barclays. He will be based in Tokyo.
Alongside overseeing the macro trading division,...
IHS Markit claims Liquidnet clients see transaction cost savings of 87%
By Shobha Prabhu-Naik.
Information provider IHS Markit claims that buy-side firms trading all-to-all receive 87% transaction cost savings, by trading on Liquidnet Fixed Income.
IHS Markit...
Credit is climbing, but unevenly
Analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence charts the rise of credit markets over the past year, and finds index levels are by 10-15% of...
Citi and JP Morgan absent from Fed programme
The list of eligible dealers for the Fed’s bond and exchange-traded fund programme for the 12th May has been published and it is missing...
Video interview with Rhian Ravenscroft
Rhian Ravenscroft, Senior Legal Counsel at MarketAxess is asked about her race to the top by Markets Media's, senior writer Shanny Basar.
European Women in Finance...
Bloomberg expands market-on-close list trading facility
Bloomberg has expanded its market-on-close list trading protocol to include US Treasuries.
The service, which was launched for European government bonds in 2024, allows traders...
