James Athey swaps abrdn for Marlborough
Integrated investment management and fund solutions group Marlborough has appointed James Athey as co-manager of the IFSL Marlborough Global Bond and IFSL Marlborough Bond...
Deutsche Bank taps LSEG for FRTB compliance
Deutsche Bank has adopted LSEG’s Trade Discovery tool to ensure compliance with the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) regulation.
FRTB, part of the...
European Women in Finance : Else Braathen : A call to action
Else Braathen, risk domain manager at SimCorp talks to Lynn Strongin Dodds about risk management, stress testing and staying calm.
Although Covid-19 has shaken the...
Worsening credit conditions battle improving trading capabilities
Both defaults and rerating of bonds are more likely in a high rate environment, and for trading desks this means finding efficient ways to...
John Johnson joins UBS Asset Management
UBS Asset Management has appointed John Johnson as an execution trader.
Based in Chicago, he reports to Theodore Drury, regional head of trading, Americas.
Johnson has...
Rules and Ratings: EU associations call for credit rating-led bond transparency
AFME, the German Investment Funds Association (BVI), Bundesverband der Wertpapierfirmen (bwf), EFAMA and ICMA have encouraged the EU to calibrate corporate bond transparency regimes...
PIMCO to use Algomi ALFA for liquidity sourcing
PIMCO, one of the world’s largest fixed income investment managers by assets under management will begin using Algomi ALFA, the pre-trade data aggregator for...
Investor Demand: Fixed income securities holdings fall in November; equities spike
Fixed income securities holdings fell by 80 basis points in November, according to State Street Holdings Indicators.
November results show that long-term investor allocations to...
FILS 2021: Next steps to automating the bond market
Data analysis, interoperability and flexibility are the top priorities for automating the bond markets, delegates at the 2021 Fixed Income Leaders Summit (FILS) in...
Buy side hails positive development of STP for bond issuance
Risk warning lights flashing on buy-side trading desks could be assuaged thanks to industry collaboration on primary markets.
It seems incongruous that the 50-year old...
Imogen Hepsworth joins Federated Hermes as trading desk expansion continues
Federated Hermes has announced the continued growth of its trading desk, with the appointment of Imogen Hepsworth - previously of MarketAxess - as a...
Trump’s SEC backs crypto with Uyeda as acting chairman
Mark Uyeda has been named acting chairman of the SEC.
The Republican commissioner replaces outgoing chair Gary Gensler, and is expected to be in place...
