FILS 2024: UK rejects industry pressure to move up T+1 implementation date
There are still issues to be ironed out before the UK and Europe can follow the US to T+1, according to speakers at this...
ESMA: markets remain ‘very sensitive’
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has said markets remain “very sensitive”, despite lower volatility earlier this year.
Markets remain sensitive to interest rate...
Market disruption spreads beyond Ukraine and Russia
Traders are reported that liquidity across developed and emerging markets is being hit, with trades taking far longer to complete and price formation suffering...
Chapel joins BMO Capital Markets
Florian Chapel has joined BMO Capital Markets as a portfolio manager and tactical trader.
In the London-based role, he specialises in long/short credit and credit...
Jon Kroeper, EVP, quality of markets to leave FINRA
Jon Kroeper, executive vice president, quality of markets, is leaving the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
Kroeper joined FINRA in 2007 and has been responsible...
Nomura poaches Moritz Westhoff
Moritz Westhoff joins Nomura as head of US rates trading, based in New York and reporting to global co-heads of rates Nat Tyce and...
Volumes up, e-trading down in US rates
Average daily notional volumes in US rates jumped 11 percentage points year-on-year (YoY) in October, reaching US$989 billion. Volatility was down by 40%, with...
Virtu data scientist jumps to Vanguard
Vanguard has appointed Erin Stanton as a senior manager and investment management product manager. She is based in Pennsylvania.
The company holds US$10.4 trillion in...
Now the buy side can sell bonds to the Fed – via MarketAxess
Bond market operator, MarketAxess, has been designated as an Eligible Seller for the central bank's Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF) by the Federal...
Investor Demand: Geopolitical risk an evolving threat, but not discouraging risk taking
Geopolitical risk is top of mind for institutional investors, with close to 50% saying that there are too many in play for them to...
Mizuho issues green bond in continued sustainability drive
Mizuho Financial Group has issued a €500 million green bond, part of its core business theme of sustainability and innovation.
Funds raised by the issuance...
Citi names Tokiya Kishie head of markets in Japan
Citi has appointed Tokiya Kishie as head of markets in Japan, effective 1 October.
Kishie will report to Paul Smith, head of markets for Japan,...
