DTCC affirmation rates up for April – but investment managers lag
DTCC affirmed 83.5% of transactions by the DTC cutoff time – 9:00 PM ET on trade date – in April 2024, it has reported.
This...
Vince Verhoeven joins Loomis Sayles
Loomis Sayles has named Vince Verhoeven as an investment director within its global bonds and emerging markets debt teams. The appointment follows increased interest...
GAM in talks with Newgame after unsuccessful Liontrust bid
Global Asset Management (GAM) has entered into talks with investor group Newgame after the mooted Liontrust bid is now expected not to materialise.
The “constructive...
March sell-off has driven a longer-term shift towards all-to-all trading
Buyers and sellers were successfully finding opportunities in all-to-all trading as traditional liquidity tightened. Does that herald a permanent shift in behaviour?
All-to-all trading came...
Onbrane launches primary debt market blockchain simulator
Onbrane, a provider of short-term debt market digitalisation technologies, has developed a primary debt market blockchain simulator, shadowing real transactions in a virtual blockchain...
When will T2S harmonise European bond issuance?
Target 2 for Securities (T2S), the ambitious brainchild of the European Central Bank (ECB) and Eurosystem, has the potential to lower the costs of...
AT1 trading volume was elevated a week ahead of Credit Suisse wipe-out
Trading in AT1 bonds spiked on Monday 20th March as a result of the Credit Suisse rescue at the weekend, with one platform trader...
Insights & Analysis: UBS tracks rising quality in US high yield
In an analysis of US credit fundamentals for high yield (HY) debt, investment banking giant, UBS, via its HOLT valuation service acquired from Credit...
SEC Fixed Income Committee: Debate on liquidity metrics
By Flora McFarlane.
The often narrow focus of liquidity metrics in research was raised as a concern by the first meeting of the Security and...
BGC reportedly shuts Lucera LUMEAlfa; preps FMX for soft launch
According to sources, BGC Partners has shuttered its pre-trade data business, Lucera LUMEAlfa, closing the final chapter on pre-trade data pioneer Algomi, and aligning...
Liquidnet adds trading in the South African bond market
Block and agency trading specialist Liquidnet, a TP ICAP company, is partnering with TP ICAP South Africa to support bond trading.
The firm reports...
Europe’s incongruous drop in IG bid-ask spreads
European investment grade (IG) credit traders will have seen average bid-ask spreads declining since April, with the median average (typically about €0.03 cents lower...
