Investor demand: French no-confidence vote sharpens pressure on OAT-Bund spread
French Prime Minister François Bayrou’s call for a no confidence vote was scheduled for the 8 September late on Monday 25 August. Aiming to...
Origination: Carnival eyes IG market with €1 billion issuance
Carnival Corporation and plc have closed their €1 billion senior unsecured notes private offering. The senior unsecured notes have a coupon of 4.125% and...
Chris Gerlach joins MUFG
MUFG Securities Americas has hired Christopher Gerlach, a highly experienced credit derivatives and cash bond trader, as a director. He joins from BNP Paribas...
BlackRock acquires Preqin
BlackRock has agreed to acquire private markets data provider Preqin in a £2.55 billion transaction, expanding its private markets capabilities.
Through the acquisition, BlackRock will...
FILS US 2023: Technology tipping point was years ago, says BlackRock research chief –...
Stefano Pasquali, head of liquidity and trading research at BlackRock, told Coalition Greenwich’s Bob Fink that when it comes to technology, the focus now...
Trade associations urge EU to ditch ‘uncompetitive’ active account requirement proposal
A number of trade associations have urged EU policymakers to delete the proposed Active Account Requirement, under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR 3.0).
The...
This Week from Trader TV: Sarah Harrison, Allspring Global Investments
Shifting EU-US credit valuations, navigating data gaps, and the rise of portfolio trading
Sarah Harrison, senior portfolio manager at Allspring Global Investments, discusses the firm’s...
Is this the new era for electronic credit trading?
By Iseult E.A. Conlin, CFA., Managing Director, U.S. Cash Credit, Tradeweb.
Digital transformation is happening in industries all over the world. Whether it’s video streaming services disintermediating...
Federated Hermes trades “less than 5%” on e-trading platforms
The chief investment officer (CIO) of asset manager Federated Hermes investments (FHI), which has US$758 billion in assets under management, has said the firm...
Franklin Templeton to buy Putnam Investments
Franklin Templeton has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Putnam Investments from Great-West for approximately US$925 million largely in equities.
Great-West will become...
On the DESK: Making traders integral to the investment process
Sonali Pier explains how a trader can stand out, and be given a sense of owning the investment process through leadership.
How is trading built...
The week in summary: Credit Suisse; fixed income liquidity; ‘Who died?’
This week has been very challenging for buy-side trading desks as broker-dealers struggle to price bonds, and uncertainty gripped markets.
“I was off Monday, came...
