How e-trading connectivity has been fragmented by sanctions
Sanctions on the Russian regime, on associated firms and on individuals have restricted legal access to some instruments and counterparties, yet portfolio managers may...
Tom Nickalls leaves Ninety One
Morgan Stanley has appointed Tom Nickalls as a trader within its emerging markets credit team, effective August. He is based in London.
Nickalls has more...
Dealers struggle to unpick impact of runs sent to rivals
Sell-side firms say that analysis of the accidental distribution of dealer runs, which happened on 4 December via Bloomberg’s Message service, is proving challenging....
Rates : Fully automatic? : Dan Barnes
Market volatility may shift rates back to voice in 2019
If predicted volatility pushes firms towards voice trading next year, rates traders will suffer from...
Chinese govies step closer to collateral acceptability
Acceptance of Chinese government bonds as collateral will hinge upon rule changes around defaults. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports.
The use of Chinese government bonds as...
Tim Baker joins BMLL to expand firm’s US presence
BMLL, the provider of historical Level 3 data and analytics, has appointed of Tim Baker as senior adviser. Based in New York, Baker will...
ESMA: Hundreds of bond funds suspended redemptions in record-breaking March sell-off
A new report by the European Securities and Markets Authority has laid out how systemic risk might be created through funds’ inability to process...
InvestorAccess reaches milestone with 500th institutional investor on board
IHS Markit reports it has onboarded the 500th institutional investor to its buy-side InvestorAccess community, the firm’s digital primary market platform.
InvestorAccess first launched in...
Denmark FSA investigating bond funds’ double-figure losses
Sources report the Danish Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has launched an investigation into fund losses from mortgage bond holdings, as rising interest rates have...
Fund managers report more certainty in EM than in developed markets
The key takeaway from the first plenary session at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Amsterdam was clear; in 2026, uncertainty has become a...
Quarterly European fixed income market analysis
Leveraging Trax’s vast market data set, the Trax Facts quarterly review provides a detailed analysis of activity across fixed income markets, including: Corporates, Agencies,...
FILS 2024: Building the right data environment
Traders have highlighted the importance of high-quality data for automating trades, noting that real-time liquidity scores and predictive prices are crucial to supporting this...
