Central clearing for bonds?
The lack of dealer liquidity provision during the March 2020 sell-off has triggered several proposals for market structure reform, not least in the US...
Simone Santiago leaves Morgan Stanley
Simone Santiago has left Morgan Stanley, the company has confirmed.
Santiago has been managing director at the firm since January 2022.
Prior to this, she spent...
TransFICC: Technology in the spotlight
RFQ growth and DORA compel firms to focus on system capacity, high performance, complex workflow automation, and disaster recovery (DR).
The fixed income market structure...
Buy side wants new tools in primary market tsunami
Several buy-side traders report new primary bond market tools could come online this year in the US, with dealer consortium DirectBooks expected to step...
Large US credit trades “holy grail” for e-trading growth
US credit average daily notional volumes edged up in February, reaching US$62 billion – up 13% year-on-year (YoY) but only marginally increasing from the...
US primary dealer bond trading hits record low
US Treasury market volatility saw a decline in March, according to Coalition Greenwich’s April Data Spotlight on US rates trading. The MOVE Index monthly...
Karoui swaps Goldman for PIMCO
Goldman Sachs veteran Lotfi Karoui has left the bank for PIMCO.
Based in New York, Karoui is now a managing director and multi-asset credit strategist...
Me The Money Show – Episode Five
John Dantona, editor of Traders magazine and Dan Barnes, editorial director of Markets Media Europe, discuss the latest news in the cryptocurrency trading space,...
How Omicron has shaken trading desks
Investors and analysts are urging a cautious response to the new Covid variant – Omicron – after Friday’s markets saw the Volatility Index (VIX)...
Tariff tantrum: Bond investors sit on hands while market makers are busy
Sell side trading desks have reported elevated levels of activity today following the US threat to impose tariffs of 25% on Canadian and Mexican...
MeTheMoneyShow – Episode Eight
Shanny Basar and Dan Barnes discuss the latest outsourcing trends in the trading and post-trade space, particularly the aggregation of trading desks within larger...
Euronext completes acquisition of Global Rate Set Systems
Euronext has completed the acquisition of 75% of the share capital of Global Rate Set Systems (GRSS), a provider of services to benchmark administrators....
