Study finds 21% of buy-side lost access to tradable instruments in crisis
A new ‘Derivatives Insight Report’ by analyst firm Acuiti has found that 21% of buy-side firms, including proprietary trading firms and asset managers, suffered...
CMA scuppers ION’s fixed income ambitions?
Trading systems giant ION will have to sell the fixed income business of recently acquired Broadway Technology if it wants to allay concerns and...
Atte Lahtiranta to join Citadel in early 2025
Citadel has appointed Atte Lahtiranta as head of core engineering. He will join the firm in early 2025.
Atte has close to 30 years of...
Lipper: Bond funds come roaring back (with Fed’s help)
Refinitiv Lipper has seen a bounce back for bond funds in Q2 2020 after they suffered losses of -4.3% and outflows of US$208.9 billion...
Fed breaks silence on HFT in treasuries
Having opened the US government debt market to high-frequency trading, authorities now push market participants to “be good citizens”. Dan Barnes reports.
The Federal Reserve...
Chart of the week: Trading into Europe
Following our analysis of when to trade into US markets, we examine spreads for European rates markets across the day. For overseas traders working...
Bloomberg unveils fully automated basis trade and reporting workflow
Bloomberg has rolled out a fully automated electronic workflow for the trading and reporting of EUR interest rate swap (IRS) v bond future contracts...
NTAM builds out investment team
Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM) has appointed two chief investment strategists. Gary Paulin takes on international responsibilities, while Joseph Tanious will head the North...
Spitz to lead Flow Traders
Flow Traders has named Thomas Spitz as CEO, effective 1 September, subject to shareholder approval.
He replaces Mike Kuehnel, who has been CEO for the...
Rising rates hit high yield availability
Despite some optimistic outlooks on bond issuance in 2023, high yield bonds are clearly seeing a decline in Europe, based on data from the...
Editorial: Asset managers wilt as banks impose hose-pipe ban
In the UK, during dry conditions, the government bans the public from using hosepipes in order to conserve water. In 2022, the sell side...
LedgerEdge integrates with thinkFolio
Trading ecosystem provider LedgerEdge has integrated with thinkFolio, the multi-asset class investment management platform from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The integration of the two...
