Simon McGhee joins Virtu Financial
Simon McGhee has joined Virtu Financial, the electronic market maker, covering exchange traded products and fixed income sales trading. McGhee has worked in the...
Tradeweb shares execution workflows through Coremont
Tradeweb has partnered with cloud-based portfolio management software and analytics platform Coremont, providing execution services through its portfolio management platform.
The partnership is in line...
The election effect: Issuance in an election year
Looking at Dealogic data for debt issuance over the past four year tenures of US presidents, it is notable how much the macro picture,...
Trading Technologies streamlines AI surveillance for fixed income and futures
By Pia Hecher.
Trading Technologies (TT), the producer of trading software platforms for automated buying and selling of futures, options and cryptocurrencies, has integrated its...
Investor Demand: Long-term fixed income allocations rise as risk appetite remains neutral
State Street Holdings Indicators have shown that long-term investor allocations to fixed income rose 43bps to 27.9%, by extension meaning cash holdings dropped 80bps...
What is crushing the bid-ask spread in US IG?
The bid-ask spread in US investment grade credit has been falling this year, regardless of the trading volume activity.
Notional traded in the US...
Wellington: Internal crossing could have saved US$10-15 million
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sub-committee the Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee (FIMSAC), has unanimously passed a proposal to support internal crossing...
Infront acquires wealth management specialist Assetmax
Financial technology provider Infront is to acquire Assetmax, the Swiss supplier of multi-custody portfolio management, client relationship management and compliance technology
Infront has noted that...
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...
BondAuction completes inaugural trade
BondAuction has completed its first trade, a retained-bond sale by UK affordable housing aggregator Housing Finance Corporation.
The corporation announced its partnership with BondAuction in...
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management adopts Bloomberg Rule Builder
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management has adopted Bloomberg Rule Builder (RBLD), a multi-asset, rules-based trade automation tool, to try and enhance the efficiency and...
FILS in Barcelona: Generative AI is not going to take our jobs – yet
In a discussion on the potential future impact of AI on financial markets, particularly fixed income, Venky Vemparala of FlexTrade and Plamen Mitkov of...
