On The DESK: Putting trading at the head of the table
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 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 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
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?
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
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
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
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 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, 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
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
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...
