James Wallin: On valuing the desk
Proving and demonstrating the value of the trading desk at the very highest levels of the organisation creates a virtuous circle of investment and...
The UK’s PRA cites break from EU in review of capital rules for buy...
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), the UK’s prudential authority for financial services, has begun reform of capital rules for insurers and banks, in its...
The Fixed Income Leaders Summit: Debating a decade of change
The focused event delivered a communication hub that has supported the buy and sell side as they navigated market transformation.
“In 2014, this event was...
European credit trades size up 15% year on year Q3
European credit trades keep getting larger. The notional blended trade size for Investment grade and high yield European credit was €786k in September 2025...
Exclusive: Man Group’s proprietary OEMS highlights potential for systematic volume growth
Man Group is now live on an internally developed order and execution management system (OEMS), to trade across asset classes, currently covering corporate credit,...
Insights & Analysis: “Lock in attractive yields as easing cycle continues,” UBS advises
Trump’s election saw Treasury yields rise sharply but stabilise by the end of the week, with the VIX index dropping to its lowest since...
Quantum computing ‘breakthrough’ has “more red flags than a People’s Liberation Army parade”
The claim by HSBC that noise in an IBM quantum computer helped deliver a 34% improvement in algorithmic trading performance has been disputed by...
Long-term investors lean into equities
While long-term equities allocations continue to rise, Noel Dixon, senior macro strategist at State Street Global Markets, noted that: “weakness among fixed income is...
‘Alternative’ rating agencies’ early Greece upgrades led Moodys and S&P
Greek spreads over German debt have tightened from 270 basis points to 70 basis points since mid 2022. Non-traditional rating agencies like Scope ratings...
The Book: Ukraine executes first govie switch auction
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine has completed the country’s first government bond switch auction in partnership with the National Bank of Ukraine.
Switch auctions...
Shumpert joins MarketAxess rates business
Nicole Shumpert has been named US rates product manager for dealer to client (D2C) by bond market operator MarketAxess.
Shumpert is a highly experienced operator...
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...
