On The DESK: Putting trading at the head of the table

On The DESK: Putting trading at the head of the table

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Frans de Wit’s elevated role as head of trading at PGGM Investment Management will help improve execution quality and trading efficiency for end investors. What has...
The trouble with Treasuries

The trouble with Treasuries

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The DESK asks Susan Estes, CEO, OpenDoor Trading LLC., for her insights into the US Treasuries market. How would you describe the depth and width...
Allianz, BlackRock, T&D Holdings invest in Viridium

Allianz, BlackRock, T&D Holdings invest in Viridium

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Allianz, BlackRock and T&D Holdings have invested in German life insurance consolidation firm Viridium. The three firms join Generali Financial Holdings and Hannover Re in...
Fed begins buying bond ETFs

Fed begins buying bond ETFs

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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has begun to buy fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs) via its Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF)....
Origination: Will Germany support European debt mutualisation?

Origination: Will Germany support European debt mutualisation?

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UBS Asset Management’s Jonathan Gregory, head of UK fixed income, has posited the idea that European countries may at some point seek to mutualise...
Rob McGrath & Gregg Moore of Schroders: On united trading

Rob McGrath & Gregg Moore of Schroders: On united trading

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Having created a global trading team over much of 2014, Rob McGrath (right), global head of trading and Gregg Moore (left), head of trading...
FILS USA: The complexities of routing an order

FILS USA: The complexities of routing an order

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A great session on selecting trading protocols at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Boston, allowed traders to consider what really say behind counterparty...
New Issue IQ, Boltzbit partner on primary market automation

New Issue IQ, Boltzbit partner on primary market automation

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Bond issuance fintech New Issue IQ has partnered with AI firm Boltzbit to improve its processing operations, seeking to automate a traditionally manual area...
E-trading stumbles in US credit

E-trading stumbles in US credit

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E-trading in high yield (HY) US credit reduced year-on-year (YoY) in February, despite rising average daily trade sizes. After taking almost a third of traded...
AxeTrading and Mosaic Smart Data collaborate on bond market analytics

AxeTrading and Mosaic Smart Data collaborate on bond market analytics

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AxeTrading, the fixed income trading software provider, and Mosaic Smart Data, the real-time capital markets data analytics company, are integrating the AxeTrader execution management...
Analysis: Impact of debt issuance on sell-side revenues in Q1

Analysis: Impact of debt issuance on sell-side revenues in Q1

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Strong bond issuance in the first quarter (Q1) is galvanising performance of debt capital market teams at investment banks, in turn creating optimism amongst...
Amber Wright picks up EMEA sales role at RJ O’Brien

Amber Wright picks up EMEA sales role at RJ O’Brien

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Futures brokerage and clearing firm RJ O’Brien has appointed Amber Wright as head of EMEA sales. She takes on the role in addition to...