Vicky Chan returns to HKEX
Hong Kong Exchange & Clearing Limited (HKEX) has appointed Vicky Chan as managing director and head of post trade, effective 5th August. She replaces...
ICMA fills in the blanks on MiFID II agreement
A new article written by the regulatory team at the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA), has shed light on details in the agreed text...
RLAM appoints Kevin Flood as head of dealing
Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) announces the appointment of Kevin Flood as head of dealing. Flood has been with RLAM for nearly three years...
Insights: PGIM: strong bond returns in 2025
Bonds will see strong cumulative returns in 2025, PGIM predicts, irrespective of poor Q4 2024 results
Since late 2022, the firm states that bonds have...
ESMA “largely maintains approach” on MiFIR Review bond transparency
In the latest publication under the MiFIR Review, ESMA has issued its final report on bond transparency and reasonable commercial basis.
Changes have been made...
BondWave reports volume/liquidity paradox
Trading efficiency has driven down the costs of trading, and supported the ability to find liquidity, despite falling volumes, says BondWave’s Paul Daley, MD...
Impact of the MiFID II SI assessment delay
Geoffroy Vander Linden, Head of Transparency Solutions, Trax.
On 4 November 2016, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a Q&A document outlining their...
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...
Symphony partners with Saphyre to offer integrated pre- and post-trade solution
Markets’ infrastructure and communications platform, Symphony, has partnered with fintech firm Saphyre to integrate patented AI technology into pre and post-trade workflows for front,...
FILS USA: Opportunities remain in EM and ESG
Away from the US corporate and government bond market, this year’s Fixed Income Leaders Summit, emphasised the value of investing in both emerging markets...
Feedback on Tradeweb ICE Constant Maturity Treasury Rates requested by 18 September
Fixed income market operator Tradeweb has published a paper along with Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Benchmark Administration (IBA) introducing the daily Tradeweb ICE Constant Maturity...
Will liquidity shifts bend or break US Treasuries?
Disclosed trading and internalisation are increasing as liquidity is wrung out of dealers and electronic market-makers. Chris Hall reports.
As January’s storms ripped holes in...
