EC: ESMA should run consolidated tape for fixed income
By Flora McFarlane.
An expert group organised by the European Commission to analyse the European corporate bond market has issued recommendations aiming to make issuance...
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...
Concannon to take the reins at MarketAxess
Market operator, MarketAxess, will see current CEO and chairman Rick McVey become executive chairman from 3 April 2023 as Chris Concannon, currently president and...
First trades of CME’s Mexican F-TIIE interest rate futures
Market operator the CME Group has processed the first trades of the new interest rate futures based on the Central Bank of Mexico's Overnight...
Finanstilsynet: Portfolio manager “abused his position” by flipping bonds and self-trading
The senior portfolio manager for Norwegian investment firm Kraft Finans, Øivind Thorstensen, was piggy-backing on client investment in new bond issues, in order to...
Neptune embeds Symphony chat functionality
Neptune Networks Ltd, the Fixed Income network for real-time “axe” indications, today announced that it has embedded Symphony chat functionality within the Neptune proprietary...
FILS in Barcelona: No clear resolution on data ownership but much good will
The challenges of data ownership and the commercial provision of data were tackled head on, at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Barcelona, with...
State Street consolidates client-facing Investment Services under O’Hanley
Louis Maiuri, president, chief operating officer and head of Investment Services at State Street Corporation will retire by early 2024, with Ron O’Hanley, chairman...
Teamwork makes the dream work: Traders can add alpha
There is room for improvement in the relationships between portfolio managers and traders, and without taking advantage of their potential funds could miss out...
Reports: MTS to launch D2C initiative with backing from major dealers
Several market sources have reported that MTS Markets, the fixed income trading division of Euronext, is to launch a dealer-to-client credit trading offering through...
CTP authorisation duration remains unknown
While the CTP selection process is keeping to ESMA’s intended timeline, there is still uncertainty around when the tape will be implemented.
Once a provider...
Amundi US and Victory Capital to merge in new 15-year partnership
European asset manager Amundi is set to become a strategic shareholder in global asset management firm Victory Capital, following a signed Memorandum of Understanding...
