Hiring spree sees banks bolster fixed-income desks
By Flora McFarlane.
A Greenwich Associates report indicates banks are rebuilding their sales and trading desks in response to several quarters of growth in fixed...
Trading Technologies acquires AxeTrading
Trading Technologies, the capital markets technology platform provider, has acquired London-based AxeTrading, provider of fixed income trading solutions.
The acquisition marks a broadening of TT’s...
The Bondcast: Dealing with Blocks
This is the Bondcast interview with Chris Egan of MarketAxess, to discuss the barriers to engagement in block trading today for dealers, and how...
FILS in Barcelona: The modernisation of the bond market
A massive modernisation of the bond market is being recognised at the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit in Barcelona.
Although the event was largely held...
High Yield did not get the ‘trade size’ memo
High yield trade sizes are continuing to rise in 2024, and its bonds continue to show signs of increasingly manual trading. As bond markets...
Coalition Greenwich: 0% impact of ESG on bond trade execution – but is there...
According to new research from Coalition Greenwich, 0% of US-based buy-side bond traders report that environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacted their choice of...
Investor Demand: Investors seek and reward customised asset management
Half of institutional investors favour managers who offer them more customisation, a recent Coalition Greenwich report has found – leading to additional mandates and...
Interview : Grant Wilson & Byron Cooper-Fogarty : Neptune Networks
Neptune’s new approach to supporting execution
Since launching in 2016 Neptune has grown significantly, enabling dealer to client exchange of axes between bond traders, and...
Charles River and OpenDoor connect to enhance fixed income offering
By Flora McFarlane.
Charles River has announced a partnership with OpenDoor to provide clients with access to OpenDoor’s all-to-all US Government bond platform, expanding access...
Marathon names Alex Howell as head of European alternative credit
Marathon Asset Management has named Alex Howell as a senior managing director and as head of European alternative credit. Howell has also joined the...
Scottish ‘vanity’ issuance project puts investors at risk from independence
The Scottish Government has confirmed plans to enter the bond market and issue £1.5bn of debt in 2026-2027.
Ben Ashby, chief investment officer at...
Absorbing Gilt
The year after next, the UK is set to issue £305 billion gilts to support the government’s spending programme. The high level of issuance...
