The Bondcast: Simplifying Hard Currency EM Bond Trading
Hard currency EM bond trading is characterised by fragmented markets, multiple time zones, noisy data and growing trade volumes. Traders need timely insights on...
Five dealers select Droit for MiFID II Compliance
By Flora McFarlane.
BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB, Goldman Sachs, Lloyds and UBS are using Droit Financial Technologies for MiFID II trade compliance infrastructure.
Jo Hannaford,...
Industry viewpoint: Fabrizio Testa, MTS
Innovation in the age of electronic fixed income trading.
Fabrizio Testa, CEO of MTS
What trends have characterised the bond markets that MTS facilitates over the last year?
The...
Christian Roth joins NTAM from MSIM
Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM) has appointed Christian Roth as chief investment officer for global fixed income.
In the role, Roth will oversee investment strategy,...
Is rising credit risk displaying in bid-ask spreads?
US credit markets are seeing a divergence in bid-ask spreads and trade sizes between high yield and investment grade bonds, according to data from...
FILS USA 2023: Traders test the water with new execution methods
The ability to use new trading protocols can be highly dependent upon the funds that a desk trades for and the types of instruments...
LSEG integrates CanDeal pricing into Canadian fixed income indexes
CanDeal Data & Analytics (CanDeal DNA), the provider of Canadian data and information services, has expanded its relationship with LSEG businesses, FTSE Russell and...
Glue42 aims to boost buy and sell-side internal collaboration
Glue42, the desktop tools integration specialist, has released a new version of its open-source platform, Glue42 Core. The new release, version 2.0, is designed...
Making prices more easily
If dealers cannot make prices investors will have to, and many firms are stepping up to offer greater access to pricing and liquidity data....
E-trading capabilities a growing muni market priority
Muni traders view electronic trading expertise as the most important skill set to add to the desk in 2025, according to a recent report...
CUSIP issuance up YoY, but March decline signals concern
Year-to-date CUSIP issuance, which is indicative of new debt securities being issued, has increased year-to-date against 2024 figures, according to CUSIP Global Services (CGS).
Its latest...
Sean Koh departs GIC for Unifi
Fixed income trader Sean Koh has left GIC after 13 years and moved to Unifi Asset Management.
Koh is now a senior trader at Unifi,...
