Greenwich Associates: Growth of electronic trading for EM bonds
A new report from analyst house Greenwich Associates has found that electronic trading of emerging market (EM) bonds has reached 70% amongst US asset...
MiFID II: An exercise in risk management
Gherardo Lenti Capoduri, head of Banca IMI’s Market Hub, speaks with The DESK about the capacity of firms on both sides of the street...
ESMA consults on potential changes to CSDR penalty regime
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a consultation paper seeking input on amendments to the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) penalty...
Berry named global head of trading at Refinitiv
Dean Berry has joined data and benchmarking giant Refinitiv as global head of trading. Berry was most recently the global head of electronic and...
Exclusive: What do buy-side traders think about Citadel’s entry into credit?
We asked senior buy-side trading heads about electronic market maker, Citadel Securities, entry into the corporate bond market as a direct market maker, a...
Roberto Hoornweg joins MarketAxess board
MarketAxess has appointed Roberto Hoornweg to its board of directors, effective 1 March.
On his election, Hoornweg said: “I look forward to helping the firm...
Hermes Investment Management chooses IHS Markit for TCA
By Flora McFarlane.
Hermes Investment Management has chosen IHS Markit’s TCA platform ahead of incoming best execution obligations under MiFID II.
The technology provider’s TCA platform...
Stephen Hannaford swaps Alphadyne for Citadel
Citadel has appointed Stephen Hannaford as part of its fixed income and macro trading team.
Hannaford has more than a decade of industry experience and...
Brett Chappell starts at TransFICC in independent advisory role
TransFICC has engaged Brett Chappell as an independent fixed income expert for market structure and thought leadership.
He previously spent two years at BankInvest as...
Versana to launch syndicated loan platform
Fintech firm Versana is to launch a syndicated loan platform, joining together banks, institutional lenders and their service providers in an effort to bring...
Julian Hill joins UBS Asset Management
UBS Asset Management has hired Julian Hill as a fixed-income rates trader in London.
Hill arrives from Bloomberg, where he spent 18 months as...
Morgan Stanley: Fed buying programme has benefits beyond direct purchases
Analysis of the Federal Reserve’s Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF) by Morgan Stanley analysts has found that its purchases of exchange traded funds...
















