ING’s AI is smarter at pricing bonds
By Flora McFarlane.
ING has launched Katana, a new artificially intelligent (AI) bond trading tool which uses predictive analytics to help price trades for clients....
Beyond Liquidity: T+1 Testing Begins
DTCC, the US post-trade market infrastructure, formally started the testing program for moving to a shorter settlement cycle on 14 August so market participants...
SEC: Leech charged with cherry picking trades for WAMCO funds
The SEC has charged Ken Leech with fraud. The bond trader was former co-chief investment officer at Western Asset Management (WAMCO), which holds US$336.1...
Intesa Sanpaolo joins ICE Clear Credit, expanding European participation
Intesa Sanpaolo has become a clearing participant at ICE Clear Credit, the clearinghouse for credit default swaps.
“The addition of Intesa Sanpaolo to the...
Khazen joins LMAX
FX and digital assets exchange LMAX Group has named Ilya Khazen as head of cross-asset sales. Based in New York, he reports to managing...
Corporate bonds : E/OMS politics : Anna Reitman
GATEKEEPERS TO LIQUIDITY.
E/OMS providers need to overcome political hurdles to help the buy side navigate credit’s fractured markets. Anna Reitman investigates.
Vendors and brokers that...
Barclays hit by US$450 million loss on ETNs
Barclays has reported it has made an estimated loss of US$450 million on exchange-traded notes (ETNs). As the bank noted in a statement, ETNs...
Vanguard and BlackRock get stuck into active bond funds following ‘horror show’ in 2022
In a new paper entitled ‘Active Fixed Income Perspectives Q3 2022: Bonds are back’ the fixed income team at investment giant Vanguard, led by...
Argentina’s battle for control
Argentina’s bond markets have been notoriously challenging for investors. Twenty years after the country underwent a major debt restructuring, and just five years after...
Glimpse Markets and TORA connect to support buy-side traders
Glimpse Markets, the buy-side data sharing hub, has partnered with order and execution management system (OEMS) provider TORA.
By connecting TORA’s OEMS with Glimpse...
Banks buy into LSEG’s Post Trade Solutions
Banks using LSEG’s post-trade solutions have taken a 20% stake in the business, paying £170 million for the shares.
The transaction is expected to close...
How e-trading won bond investors an opportunity in the Venezuelan crisis
The dramatic escalation of Venezuela’s political crisis — culminating in the US military operation that removed Nicolás Maduro from power — has triggered a...
