Coalition: FICC up 50% for banks in H1, rates revenues doubled
Banks saw fixed income, currency and commodities (FICC) revenues rise by 54.6% in the first half of the year according to analyst firm Coalition....
Independent review finds no evidence of financial misconduct at CPIPG
Claims of financial misconduct made against CPI Property Group (CPIPG) by investment firm Muddy Waters, first raised in November 2023, have no evidence, an...
Oppenheimer veteran joins Dinosaur Financial
Dinosaur Financial Group has appointed Robert Rahman as global head of credit within its newly-launched global corporate credit securities (GCCS) division.
GCCS aims to be...
Erste Group: Adding valued regional trading expertise to your execution capabilities
Erste Group as regional market maker and primary dealer for the Central & Eastern European market is supporting electronic trading and regional expertise for both...
US vs Europe: The transatlantic divide for corporate bond traders
The DESK examines the different sizes, protocols and feedback traders can use on each side of the Atlantic to execute corporate bond orders.
While US...
Negotiations begin on MiFIR/MiFID final review and consolidated tape
EU member states’ representatives have today agreed a mandate for negotiations with the European Parliament on the proposed regulation reviewing the Markets in Financial Instruments...
Daniel Swaby rejoins Liquidnet
Daniel Swaby has returned to Liquidnet as a sell-side trader.
Swaby has almost 15 years of industry experience, most recently serving as a director at...
Tradeweb reports December 2020 volume up nearly 30% year-on-year
Bond market operator Tradeweb has reported its total trading volume for December was US$18.2 trillion across its marketplaces for rates, credit, equities and money...
Bloomberg machine learning pricing solution enhances fixed income trading visibility
Bloomberg’s Intraday BVAL (IBVAL) Front Office is now available to Bloomberg Terminal customers, as well as users of Bloomberg’s real-time streaming market data feed,...
Refinitiv report on fixed income trading finds strong appetite for automation
Refinitiv, part of the London Stock Exchange Group, and analyst firm Coalition Greenwich, have released a report on the evolution of trading in fixed...
Jim Leaviss leaves industry, Andrew Chorlton joins M&G Investments
Jim Leaviss, chief investment officer for M&G Investments’ fixed income division, is leaving the firm. He is replaced by Andrew Chorlton, currently head of...
Meet the new market makers
The DESK profiles six of the major electronic liquidity providers.
Non-traditional market makers were seen to offer liquidity when many dealers pulled back in 2020....
