Bloomberg facilitates European government bonds electronic list trade
Bloomberg has executed the first electronic list trade in European government bonds though its multilateral trading facility (MTF), with its evaluated pricing service (BVAL)...
Origination: SocGen’s Sogecap issues €800 mil in perpetual notes
Societe Generale’s life insurance company Sogecap has issued €800 million in restricted Tier 1 perpetual notes.
Perpetual notes have no maturity date, and are non-redeemable....
ICE: Creating clarity in the MBS market through better data
The highly fragmented nature of mortgage asset components has historically translated into a lack of granular data for investors. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) aims to...
Arabadjief joins First Eagle
First Eagle Investments has appointed Justin Arabadjief as head of high grade trading for municipal credit as it continues to build out its investment...
Paul Kilfoy joins BAML
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has named Paul Kilfoy as a director and senior sales trader, based in Toronto.
Kilfoy has more than 20 years...
On The DESK: Chris Perryman: Boxing clever through emerging markets
Chris Perryman combines the brains to integrate quant strategies with the brawn of strong relationships ensuring PineBridge delivers best execution for investors.
Biography: Chris Perryman...
LSEG: Helping traders construct a single view of the market
Trading desks can customise their technology thanks to greater data democratisation and desktop interoperability, making trade analysis more effective than ever. This will allow...
The Book: Ukraine executes first govie switch auction
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine has completed the country’s first government bond switch auction in partnership with the National Bank of Ukraine.
Switch auctions...
Liquidnet: Connectivity is key for efficient trading
By Vineet Naik.
Liquidnet’s head of fixed income, Constantinos Antoniades, has emphasised the importance for connectivity between front office systems and trading venues as he...
Simpler bond liquidity assessments diverge on either side of the Channel
British and European authorities are actively aiming to simplify bond liquidity and transparency regimes, but divergent reporting deferral rules for rates and credit, as...
FCA says HFT firms exacerbate and profit from flash crashes
A paper published by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has said that high-frequency trading (HFT) firms and agency traders exacerbate flash crashes in the...
BestEx Research launches no-code algo trading tool
BestEx Research Group, a provider of algorithmic execution and measurement solutions for equities, futures, and FX trading, has added a no-code algorithmic trading tool,...
