DirectBooks names team and launches advisory committee
DirectBooks, a sell-side consortium designing systems for the primary bond market, has named Yvonne Wang as chief operating officer, and Christopher Rodriguez as global...
Overbond, SS&C Eze partner to provide AI bond trading analytics
Overbond, a provider of AI-driven data and analytics and trade automation solutions for the global fixed income markets, has partnered with SS&C Eze to...
The Agency Broker Hub: How agency brokers are shedding their skin
By Umberto Menconi, head of Digital Markets Structures, Market Hub, Intesa Sanpaolo Group*
The agency broker has always played one of the principal roles on the...
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...
Strong counterparty relationships drive performance for buy side
Maintaining strong relationships with counterparties is essential for buy-side firms to enhance their performance, agreed panellists at this year’s CMX event, and is something...
Research: Trading Protocols Survey 2022
In comp vs non-comp trading polarises across electronic and voice.
The DESK’s Trading Protocols Survey 2022 has found a continuing movement of corporate bond trades...
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Project Amber: Dealer consortium developing new bond trading venue
A consortium of sell-side firms is developing a trading platform in the fixed income space, which could rival existing venues including Bloomberg, MarketAxess and...
Mike Rosborough, CalPERS: On truth and transparency
Dating back to the 1930s, the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) is the largest pension fund in the United States. Mike Rosborough, senior portfolio...
Liquidnet: Traders moving towards alpha capture
By Vineet Naik.
New research indicates that the role of the trader is shifting towards enhancing fund performance by not only the protection, but also...
Regulation: innovation sees European corporate bond market’s electronification outpace US
When it comes to electronic trading, Europe’s corporate bond market is racing ahead of its US counterpart, with two thirds of European investors looking...
Corporate bond trade sizes climb in Europe
Total notional traded in European corporate bonds reached €5,397 billion in 2024, according to ICMA’s latest Secondary Market Data Report, an 11.8% increase on...
European trading firms eye derivatives expansion in APAC
European proprietary trading firms and hedge funds have set their sights firmly on the APAC region, as they look to expand derivatives trading in...
