BlackRock’s Rieder: Fed will buy at least $1.5 trillion in Treasuries in 2020
Rick Rieder, BlackRock’s chief investment officer of Global Fixed Income, co-manager of the BlackRock Fixed Income Global Opportunities fund and BGF Global Bond Income...
Rahul Mapara swaps BlackRock for Taula Capital Management
Rahul Mapara has left BlackRock after a 14-year tenure at the firm, joining Taula Capital Management.
Mapara has more than 17 years of industry experience,...
Scotiabank, Rabo Securities and Huntington Capital Markets join DirectBooks
DirectBooks, the capital markets consortium founded to optimise the bond issuance process has signed up Scotiabank, Rabo Securities and Huntington Capital Markets to join...
Adaptive: The Modernization Mandate – Who Calls the Shots on Trading Tech?
The Modernization Mandate: Who Calls the Shots on Trading Tech?
Capital markets are at a critical inflection point, with firms navigating a complex transition from...
Study finds 21% of buy-side lost access to tradable instruments in crisis
A new ‘Derivatives Insight Report’ by analyst firm Acuiti has found that 21% of buy-side firms, including proprietary trading firms and asset managers, suffered...
Investor demand: Real money bids appear in US long end
Real-money buyers have started to bid the long end of the Treasury curve as systematic funds keep up their selling, leaving the long end...
Nicanor Trano promoted at BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas has appointed Nicanor Trano as head of AUD & USD rates trading for APAC.
Trano has 20 years of industry experience, and has...
Boltzbit: The practical application of AI in investment and trading
Asset managers are already able to leverage large language models to boost investment and trading workflows.
The DESK spoke with Yichuan Zhang, chief executive officer...
This Week from Trader TV: Laura Cooper, Nuveen
Nuveen: Navigating private credit shocks and the Fed rate cycle
Private credit markets are showing signs of strain, but risks remain largely contained, says Nuveen,...
Institutional sales trader veteran James Williams moves to Tourmaline Europe
Institutional sales trader veteran James Williams has been made managing director of outsourced trading solutions firm Tourmaline Europe, based out of London.
Williams has spent...
Nomura pushes regional growth, hires Zorzoli
Nomura has named Filippo Zorzoli as EMEA head of global market sales.
Based in London, Zorzoli reports to Nat Tyce, EMEA head of global markets...
ECB widens €STR calculation data pool
The European Central Bank (ECB) is adding 24 banks to its euro short-term rate (€STR) calculation to boost the benchmark’s reliability.
The banks were added...
