Investor Demand: Barclays study challenges FCA proposals on retail access to corporate bonds
A detailed analysis by investment bank Barclays raises questions about the practical impact of regulatory measures to increase access to corporate bond markets, suggesting...
Banks buy into LSEG’s Post Trade Solutions
Banks using LSEG’s post-trade solutions have taken a 20% stake in the business, paying £170 million for the shares.
The transaction is expected to close...
BlackRock loses senior market structure team as Winnike departs
BlackRock has lost its second senior market structure specialist in a few weeks as Michael Winnike, director, market structure at BlackRock, left the firm...
Chris McConville joins Kepler Cheuvreux
Broker Kepler Cheuvreux has made three major new appointments to support its strategic ambitions in equity brokerage: Stéphane Bouret as global head of equity...
Bond-trading broker-dealer charged for allegedly bankrupting firm
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Keith Wakefield, a former managing director and head of fixed income trading at IFS Securities, an...
ION integrates fixed income solutions into XTP Execution
ION has integrated its fixed income solutions with its XTP Execution service, expanding client access to futures markets for trading and market data.
ION’s XTP...
Record volumes but room to grow in portfolio trading
Portfolio trading made up 11.4% of TRACE volume in December, and was up more than two percentage points year-on-year across the market.
The upward trajectory...
European Women in Finance Awards – The WINNERS
We are delighted to announce this year's winners of the 2021 European Women in Finance Awards.
They are:
Excellence in Asset Management
Wei Li, Global Chief Investment...
Raiffeisen Bank International executes first non-standard interest rate swaps
AxeTrading has extended its fixed income products’ offering to support non-standard interest rate swaps which is being used by its client, Raiffeisen Bank International...
Euronext and UBS partnership boosts bond liquidity access
Expanding the liquidity pool through partnership creates a wider net of counterparties to benefit buy and sell-side.
Euronext has launched its Liquidity Distributor Initiative, with...
Record corporate and municipal trading volumes at ICE Bonds
ICE Bonds has record trading volumes for corporate and municipal bonds in H1 2025.
A total US$120 billion in corporate bonds was traded on the...
Withering supply of European high yield
Comparing the ‘year-to-April’ data across years, 2022’s high yield issuance looks more like the post-financial crisis period than most years in between.
Data from CreditSights...
