The Book: TPG Operating Group prices US$500 million senior notes
The operating group of global asset management firm TPG has priced US$500 million in senior notes.
TPG holds US$261 billion in assets under management and...
UBS Switzerland completes Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG merger
UBS has completed the merger of UBS Switzerland AG and Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG, with the latter now deregistered from the Commercial Register of...
Systematic, hydromatic; can credit get as fast as greased lightning?
Some investment firms have claimed they can fully systematise credit trading by 2025, The DESK investigates.
Investment managers and banks are rapidly adopting systematic approaches...
TransFICC: Establishing a clear path forward for the Consolidated Tape
Tim Whipman from TransFICC provides an update on the consolidated tape for European fixed income, and explains the key requirements, hot topics and technology...
Carl James joins S&P Global
Industry veteran, Carl James, has joined S&P as head of fixed income, for the Global Markets Group (GMG).
In a statement he said, “I...
Samy Ben Aoun to run continental-Europe rates at Barclays
Barclays investment bank has hired Samy Ben Aoun as head of rates trading for continental Europe, returning him to the firm’s trading floors nearly...
Duff leads UK debt, EMEA FIG at SMBC
Matthew Duff has been named head of the EMEA financial investment group and UK debt syndicate at SMBC Group. He is based in London.
SMBC...
Trading: Regulatory overreach onto the trading desk
Complaints about regulators expanding rules for equity markets into fixed income are rising on both sides of the Atlantic.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...
Portfolio Trading and price discovery in US IG and HY markets
By Jessica Hung and Chisom Amalunweze
In our PT vs RFQ List White Paper, we found that PT provides superior execution outcomes for illiquid bonds,...
Mieke Wageveld joins MTS Markets
Euronext has appointed Mieke Wageveld as a sales manager within MTS Markets. She is based in Amsterdam.
Wageveld has more than 20 years of industry...
Tradeweb names Carsten Just director
Carsten Just has joined Tradeweb as director, after a short stint as a contractor with the firm.
Just has held a number of roles in...
Tradeweb offers corporate treasurers US T-bill trading
Corporate treasurers can now directly trade US Treasury bills (T-bills) through Tradeweb’s electronic trading platform.
The announcement follows Tradeweb’s 2024 acquisition of Institutional Cash Distributors...
