Katharine Furber switches to FX at Bloomberg
Bloomberg has named Katharine Furber as global head of FX trading.
Furber has been with the firm since 2010, most recently as global head of...
Federated Hermes trades “less than 5%” on e-trading platforms
The chief investment officer (CIO) of asset manager Federated Hermes investments (FHI), which has US$758 billion in assets under management, has said the firm...
The Book: Nomura pushes for digital bond settlement efficiency
Nomura Research Institute has settled a Japanese digital bond using delivery versus payment (DVP) for the first time.
Settlement risk is a key concern for...
Lord Abbett picks IMTC for portfolio, order management
Global asset manager Lord Abbett has appointed IMTC as portfolio and order management system provider.
IMTC will provide an end-to-end investment platform for the US$214...
Flow Traders: Algos supported 20% of bond flows in 2022
A new white paper from exchange traded fund (ETF) market maker, Flow Traders, estimates that in the past two to three years, credit algos...
Return of volatility – will liquidity shifts bend or break US Treasuries?
Disclosed trading and internalisation are increasing as liquidity is wrung out of dealers and electronic market-makers. Chris Hall reports.
As January’s storms ripped holes in...
Bank of England to reduce gilt stock by £100bn
The Bank of England’s (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to reduce the stock of gilts held in the Asset Purchase Facility (APF)...
MeTheMoneyShow – Episode 19
Dan Barnes speaks with Lynn StronginDodds about the shifting European exchange landscape.
Me The Money Show Episode 19 from Markets Media on Vimeo.
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Jefferies has promoted Grant Ismay to senior vice president and director
Ismay joined Jefferies as vice president for consumer investment banking in July 2022.
He previously held positions at PWC in M&A advisory. Before this, he...
SIFMA finds support for shift in benchmarking of 20-year US corporate bonds
The spread for many legacy 20-year US corporate bonds is benchmarked against the 30-year Treasury, but trade body SIFMA has found support for moving...
Mitali Sohoni and Dina Faenson promoted at Citi
Citi has appointed Mitali Sohoni as head of North American markets and Dina Faenson as CEO of Citigroup Global Markets (CGMI), according to a...
Concern over data dominates corporate bond discussions
Limited access to data is impeding quantitative analysis of best execution for corporate bonds, leading to a need for more qualitative analysis for many...
