Buy-side firms warn on herding effect of QE

Buy-side firms warn on herding effect of QE

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By Aulia Beg. Portfolio managers have expressed concern about the ‘herding’ behaviour within the investment community, resulting from central banks’ quantitative easing (QE) programmes. In a...
Mutual funds leveraging futures to increase portfolio risk and yield

Mutual funds leveraging futures to increase portfolio risk and yield

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US Treasury futures holdings among mutual funds have shot up over the last three years, as they adjust to a “higher for longer” interest...
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This Week from Trader TV: Paul Flood, Newton Investment Management

This Week from Trader TV: Paul Flood, Newton Investment Management

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Newton IM: Growth optimism drives markets, but valuations and liquidity risks loom Equity markets have been rallying on renewed U.S. growth expectations and broad market...
JWG: Cloud is “large systemic technology risk blind spot”

JWG: Cloud is “large systemic technology risk blind spot”

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JWG, the regulatory think tank, has published a research paper ‘Risk control for a digitized financial sector’ which claims to identify a large systemic...
Origination: Government bond supply next week

Origination: Government bond supply next week

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Nominal supply of bonds scheduled in the Euro area next week is expected to level at €17.8 billion of European government bonds (EGBs), according...
Emily Prince joins Finbourne board

Emily Prince joins Finbourne board

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Finbourne Technology has named Emily Prince, group head of analytics at LSEG and CEO of analytics service Yield Book, as a non-executive board member. Prince...
Coronation lists actively managed ETF on JSE

Coronation lists actively managed ETF on JSE

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South African investment management firm Coronation Fund Managers has listed the first actively managed exchange traded fund (AMETF) on the main board of the...
Exclusive: TS Imagine connects with TDS Automated Trading for muni market-making

Exclusive: TS Imagine connects with TDS Automated Trading for muni market-making

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Trading systems provider, TS Imagine, has connected to municipal bond market maker TDS Automated Trading (TDSAT), through its TradeSmart Fixed Income execution management system...
China focus: The outstanding debt of defaulters

China focus: The outstanding debt of defaulters

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Concern around issuer defaults in China is clearly based upon good evidence; our chart this week from S&P Global Ratings shows the annual growth...
Are ‘People’ Worried About Inflation?

Are ‘People’ Worried About Inflation?

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By Jonathan Rick Director of Research, Tradeweb. Headline inflation in the U.S. hit 4.2% annualized in April, a level we’ve not seen since 2008. The...
Adaptable AI: Predicting Bond Prices in the Year of Surprises

Adaptable AI: Predicting Bond Prices in the Year of Surprises

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Kristina Fan, Founder and CEO of 7 Chord, tells The DESK how BondDroid, the firm’s proprietary machine-learning technology, is overcoming barriers to AI adoption...
Rules & Ratings: Industry groups clash on NBFI leverage regulation

Rules & Ratings: Industry groups clash on NBFI leverage regulation

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The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has been looking into risks around leverage in non-bank financial intermediation (NBFI) for a number of years. In 2023,...