ICE: Creating clarity in the MBS market through better data
The highly fragmented nature of mortgage asset components has historically translated into a lack of granular data for investors. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) aims to...
Piper Sandler builds out fixed income team with Brian Vescio hire
Investment bank Piper Sandler has appointed Brian Vescio as managing director and head of structured products trading to the firm’s fixed income team. He...
Research profile: DirectBooks’ magic sauce
The DESK spoke with Rich Kerschner, CEO of DirectBooks, to understand what the magic ingredient is behind their success.
What has given DirectBooks the lead...
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New BrokerTec RFQ platform for European repo
By Pia Hecher.
Dealer-to-dealer electronic trading platform BrokerTec is preparing to launch BrokerTec Quote, a dealer-to-client request for quote (RFQ) trading system for the European...
The big changes to watch in fixed income market structure through 2024
Next year will bring new developments in market structure, stemming both from regulatory and political change. The DESK asked Jennifer Keser, head of market...
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...
SETL open sources its code with new PORTL solution
SETL, the blockchain company, is open sourcing its core framework, PORTL, which it intends to speed up adoption of blockchain and distributed ledger technology...
B2Scan closes down
B2Scan, the pre-trade liquidity data platform for bond markets, has shut down after eight years. The CEO and founder of B2Scan, Frédéric Semour, was...
Glimpse Markets appoints Thorpe as senior sales advisor
Industry veteran Mike Thorpe has been appointed senior sales advisor by Glimpse Markets. Thorpe, who started his career in capital markets with Citi in...
Invesco global head of fixed income trading Glenn Taitz departs for Adroit
Invesco’s global head of fixed income trading, Glenn Taitz, has left the firm to take up the position of head of business operations at...
Bid-ask spreads expanding in European credit
European credit traders have seen bid-ask spreads expand over the past two weeks, however this follows a notable tightening since summer, according to data...
Bank of England tacitly acknowledges impact of capital rules on market making
The identical nature of proprietary trading and market making has been highlighted in a paper published by the UK’s Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) the...
