Market awaits CT news amid cross-Channel delays
Market participants have been asking for a bond consolidated tape for years; and they’re going to have to wait a little longer than planned,...
Overbond partners with TMX Group in Canadian dollar-denominated bonds
Overbond, a provider of AI analytics and trade automation solutions for fixed income markets, has partnered with market operator TMX Group, to integrate the...
BBVA shares Sabadell merger proposal
BBVA has shared details of its merger proposal with Sabadell, a partnership that would see the consolidation of two of Spain’s biggest banks.
The proposal...
Bigger / smaller: What sizes are optimal for electronic trading?
Credit trading has been transformed by evolving electronic execution, which has allowed buy-side desks to express investment ideas in to the market using more...
Deutsche Börse invests US$10 million in Trumid
By Flora McFarlane.
Deutsche Börse Group has announced a “strategic investment and partnership” with New-York based Trumid, a company that provides an electronic trading network...
Hiring spree sees banks bolster fixed-income desks
By Flora McFarlane.
A Greenwich Associates report indicates banks are rebuilding their sales and trading desks in response to several quarters of growth in fixed...
Positive reception of FCA consolidated tape plans keeping pace with Europe
A consultation on plans for a consolidated tape of fixed income prices, announced by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has drawn support from...
The Book: Who will drive reform in primary markets?
Primary market practices are under pressure to change, however the urgency and direction given for adaptation are often skewed by specific market participant groups.
The...
Viewpoint: Tapping the expanding universe of credit futures and options
Cboe has launched options on Cboe iBoxx iShares Corporate Bond Index futures, and widened its trading hours to further expand the user base and...
Viewpoint : Automation : Nicholas Bean & Ravi Sawhney
Trading automation in the fixed income market
Nicholas Bean, Head of Electronic Trading Solutions, and Ravi Sawhney, Head of Fixed Income Automation at Bloomberg speak to...
Julian Hill joins UBS Asset Management
UBS Asset Management has hired Julian Hill as a fixed-income rates trader in London.
Hill arrives from Bloomberg, where he spent 18 months as...
Jenny Bloomfield swaps Schroders for Kuwait Investment Office
Kuwait Investment Office has appointed Jenny Bloomfield as a senior Treasury dealer. She is based in London.
Bloomfield has 20 years of industry experience and...
