Rules & Ratings: SAZ Re gets stable ‘excellent’ ratings from AM Best
AM Best has assigned African reinsurance firm SanlamAllianz Re (SAZ) a financial strength rating of A- (excellent) and a long-term issuer credit rating of...
Cary Eggleston joins Canaccord Genuity Group
Canaccord Genuity Group has appointed Cary Eggleston as head of CEEMEA fixed income sales and trading.
In the London-based role, Eggleston is responsible for the...
Viewpoint: Nichola Hunter – The next big evolution in rates trading
Q&A with Nichola Hunter at MarketAxess.
What were the drivers behind the MarketAxess expansion into rates?
There were two main drivers. One was to provide, primarily...
Bryan Hall swaps MFS for Maple Capital Management
Bryan Hall has left MFS Investment Management after more than two decades, joining Maple Capital Management as a fixed income portfolio manager.
Hall has spent...
Viewpoint: What an institutional trader needs to know about FI ETFs and futures
Where instrument selection can be key, understanding cash and derivatives instruments and the interplay between them is invaluable.
The DESK spoke with Joyce Choi, director...
Turkey’s Fibabanka raises US$150m AT1 capital
Turkey’s Fibabanka has completed a US$150 million AT1 issuance, led by Citibank, Standard Chartered Bank as joint global coordinators and bookrunners and Emirates NBD...
Research: Fixed Income TCA Survey 2022
Better integration into trading workflow
The DESK’s execution research survey into fixed income TCA 2022.
Our research took in 40 major asset management firms’ use...
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Jefferies: Fixed income ETFs drive transformation of the market
The impact of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the fixed income market cannot be overstated, agreed speakers at Jefferies’ ‘New Investing Frontiers – Explore the...
Investor Demand: Geopolitical risk an evolving threat, but not discouraging risk taking
Geopolitical risk is top of mind for institutional investors, with close to 50% saying that there are too many in play for them to...
CSDR warning for EM bond liquidity
The mandatory buy-in regime that will be introduced next year by Europe’s Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) could have negative consequences in the less-liquid...
McKinsey expects greatest FRTB impact on larger European banks
By Flora McFarlane.
The Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) will have a greater impact on larger European banks according to a new report...
Reviews of MiFID II transparency raise concerns
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) launched consultations on 3 February 2020 for the regime for non-equity instrument systematic internalisers (SIs), venues that...
