Thailand’s Government Pension Fund taps Charles River for front office management
Thailand’s government pension fund has selected State Street subsidiary Charles River Development to modernise its front office operations and manage its domestic and international...
Ipreo growth ahead of rival banks Q1 platform launch
By Flora McFarlane and Dan Barnes.
A primary market offering is expected to be launched by a consortium of Citi, Goldman Sachs, and Wells Fargo...
Pension funds take on trading
When retirement funds bring fixed income investment in-house, they have to re-engineer the trading process. Dan Barnes finds out how.
Many pension funds are weighing...
TT International picks Jean-Charles Sambor to lead EM debt team
TT International has appointed Jean-Charles Sambor as head of its emerging markets debt division. The group will run EM debt strategies across sovereign and...
Angela Lobo hired by Jefferies
Angela Lobo has joined Jefferies as head of eSales & sales chief operating officer (COO). Lobo, highly experienced and well-regarded in the electronic sales...
PLSA: Absorbed research costs must not impede transparency for investors
By Flora McFarlane.
The majority of large asset managers are opting to absorb research costs rather than pass them onto clients, but investors must investigate...
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MUFG AM seeks operational efficiency with Bloomberg
Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFG) Asset Management has introduced Bloomberg’s BQuant Enterprise to its workflow in a bid to update its operational infrastructure.
Cloud-based analytics platform BQuant...
Tipping Point: CME’s SOFR-linked STIR Futures eclipse Libor-linked STIR Futures for first time
CME open interest data confirms that Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)-linked short term interest rate (STIR) Futures open interest has, for the first time,...
In uncertain times, corporate bond traders seek certainty of execution
Portfolio trading has emerged as a go-to mechanism to buy or sell many bonds at once.
Traders want the best price - but they also...
The Book: JP Morgan rules the roost in Q1 DCM market share
JP Morgan has retained its top spot in global debt capital markets rankings by volume for Q1 2025, according to Dealogic.
With US$178.5 billion, 806...
FILS 2024: Differing views of the macro picture
Do the central banks have our backs? This question was debated by buyside strategists at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit on Friday.
“We believe in...
Sustainable bond issuance now 12% of total market
A report co-authored by Nicholas Pfaff, Valérie Guillaumin, Simone Utermarck, Ozgur Altun and Stanislav Egorov of the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA), has found...
