Jenny Bloomfield swaps Schroders for Kuwait Investment Office
Kuwait Investment Office has appointed Jenny Bloomfield as a senior Treasury dealer. She is based in London.
Bloomfield has 20 years of industry experience and...
AxeTrading expands modelling and pricing tools; builds out FX and futures
AxeTrading, the fixed income trading software provider, has launched version 5 of AxeTrader, its fixed-income trading system for sell-side and buy-side firms. This latest...
FICC sponsored services use rises as central clearing looms
DTCC’s Fixed Income Clearing Corporation’s (FICC) Sponsored Service volumes reached US$2 trillion in 2024, up 83% year-on-year.
As firms prepare for new requirements around US...
Is rising credit risk displaying in bid-ask spreads?
US credit markets are seeing a divergence in bid-ask spreads and trade sizes between high yield and investment grade bonds, according to data from...
JP Morgan sees 20% YoY drop in Q3 fixed income revenue
JP Morgan has seen a significant drop in Q3 trading revenues, with fixed income falling to US$3.67 billion, a drop of 10% against the...
Ipreo positive on FCA primary market consultation
By Flora McFarlane.
Primary market platform provider Ipreo has welcomed the consultation on primary markets by UK market regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
“The FCA’s...
Bond platforms report record trading volumes for March
The March 2020 numbers are in for bond trading platforms MarketAxess and Tradeweb and both have seen record results, in a period that has...
“Way more flexibility than at Eurex”: Euronext announces govie mini-futures
Euronext is launching cash-settled mini-futures on European government bonds this September, which it says are the first offering of this kind in Europe.
“This is...
IG credit dealers go short before Fed cuts
As investors look to lock in higher yields ahead of Fed cuts, dealer net positions in IG corporate bonds of more than five years...
Acuiti: Sell-side not confident on compulsory clearing timeline
Sell-side players are not confident in the introduction of clearing markets across cash Treasury and repo markets, concerned that deadlines are unfeasible, infrastructure is...
Rules & Ratings: EM credit risk on the rise, says Fitch
Fitch Ratings has revised its sector outlooks for APAC, Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa sovereign to ‘deteriorating’ from ‘neutral’ as credit risk rises.
Credit risk...
Trumid launches continuous bond pricing platform
By Flora McFarlane.
Trumid has announced the launch of its new service, the Fair Value Model Price (FVMP), for continuous bond pricing which produces a...
