TS Imagine releases new features for TradeSmart Fixed Income EMS
TS Imagine, the investment and execution management system (EMS) provider has launched several new features of its TradeSmart Fixed Income EMS, all designed to...
MarketAxess rolls out open trading for local currency bonds
MarketAxess has built out its open trading offering with the launch of open trading for local currency bonds. The first tranche of local currency...
Loyer promoted at AXA IM
Yannig Loyer has been named global head of trading, securities financing and derivatives at AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). He was appointed ahead of...
Making prices more easily
If dealers cannot make prices investors will have to, and many firms are stepping up to offer greater access to pricing and liquidity data....
Tradeweb see US credit volumes jump while European credit falls
Market operator Tradeweb has reported overall trading volumes of USUS$23.4 trillion in August 2022, with average daily volume (ADV) for the month across assets...
BofA: Analysis sees surprise future drop in inflation
A report by Bank of America Securities (BofAS), using its BofA Global Proprietary Signals, has found that the futures market is indicating that inflation will...
On the Desk: Engineering better trading
Honing the trading function is an art; it requires an engineer’s eye for improving systems but a leader’s eye for putting the team first.
How...
Allianz, BlackRock, T&D Holdings invest in Viridium
Allianz, BlackRock and T&D Holdings have invested in German life insurance consolidation firm Viridium.
The three firms join Generali Financial Holdings and Hannover Re in...
Credit: The introduction and initial impact of portfolio trading
Ted Husveth, Managing Director, Credit Product Manager, Tradeweb.
Portfolio trading in credit markets continues to take shape and change the way that many clients are trading...
SEC fines ten broker-dealers US$289m for recordkeeping violations
Ten sell-side firms have been fined a combined US$289 million by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for violating recordkeeping provisions.
The...
Asset managers ‘not investment firms’ under MiFID II?
By Flora McFarlane & Dan Barnes.
Several European investment managers have reportedly claimed that they will not be classified as investment firms under the revised...
ESMA corrects SI bond ranking to place BNP Paribas as second in Europe
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has republished its ESMA Annual Statistical Report, now stating that the largest systematic internalisers (SIs) for bond...
