Just 23% of buy-side firms confident in preparedness for MiFID II
By Flora McFarlane.
A new report by block-trading specialist Liquidnet says that MiFID II will drive automation in trading, but firms face many complexities and...
Nicholas Stephan joins Liquidnet’s fixed income team
Market operator Liquidnet, has appointed of Nicholas Stephan as global head of fixed income product, services and dealer relations. The appointment is the latest...
End-of-year optimism high across fixed income firms
Fixed income market optimism has soared, according to valantic FSA and Acuiti’s Q3 2024 Fixed Income Expert Network report, with more than three quarters...
Mosaic Smart Data expands into credit markets
Mosaic Smart Data, a capital markets data analytics provider, has expanded its data analytics platform to support a wide range of credit instruments, such...
FILS in Barcelona: No clear resolution on data ownership but much good will
The challenges of data ownership and the commercial provision of data were tackled head on, at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Barcelona, with...
Gaucher leads fixed income sales at Oman Investment Bank
Oman Investment Bank has named Jean-Louis Gaucher as head of fixed income sales. He is based in Doha.
The state-owned Oman Investment Bank was launched...
FINBOURNE completes Series B funding round
FINBOURNE Technology has raised £55 million in Series B funding, led by Highland Europe and AVP. The firm remains majority employee owned.
The results follow...
valantic FSA to develop web UI for Nasdaq Rates Trader
valantic FSA has agreed to develop Nasdaq Rates Trader, a new web-based user interface for Nasdaq’s Nordic and Baltic fixed income markets.
The new UI...
Research: Bloomberg, the EMS of choice for fixed income
We analyse the firm’s success in delivering an outperforming execution management system.
This year’s research has found Bloomberg’s fixed income execution management system (EMS), TSOX,...
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Traders call time on outsized European market open hours
Buy- and sell-side traders have called for Europe to review its equity market open periods, which at eight and half hours is over 30%...
Data: A blank tape
Europe’s consolidated tape proposal is a start, but many details still need to be filled in for its value to be assessed. Lynn Strongin...
Chappell and Nuyts launch European outsourced trading centre
A new outsourced trading and advisory firm, Sherpa Edge, will launch operations on 1 April led by two highly experienced traders Bart Nuyts and...
