BlackRock’s Rieder: Fed will buy at least $1.5 trillion in Treasuries in 2020
Rick Rieder, BlackRock’s chief investment officer of Global Fixed Income, co-manager of the BlackRock Fixed Income Global Opportunities fund and BGF Global Bond Income...
U.S. Credit Trading Q&A: Jim Kwiatkowski, LTX
Jim Kwiatkowski was named CEO of LTX, Broadridge Financial Solutions’ artificial intelligence (AI)-driven digital trading business, in November 2022. Markets Media caught up with Jim to learn more...
Vanguard launches new active global credit bond fund
Vanguard, which has US$5.3 trillion in global assets under management (AUM), has launched the Vanguard Global Credit Bond Fund, an actively managed fund to...
Solve adds visualisation to predictive pricing service
Market data provider Solve has updated its predictive pricing tool to support municipal bond traders’ pre-trade decision making.
The relative value analysis tool allows users...
Concannon to take the reins at MarketAxess
Market operator, MarketAxess, will see current CEO and chairman Rick McVey become executive chairman from 3 April 2023 as Chris Concannon, currently president and...
Tradeweb sees volume drop in June
Bond market operator, Tradeweb, has reported its average daily volume (ADV) in June was US$780.9 billion (bn), a decrease of 8.9% year-on-year (YoY), largely...
BNY goes live with Dublin EU trading desk
BNY has established a trading desk in Dublin, supporting EU-based clients across global fixed income and equity markets. Bianca Gould, head of EMEA equities...
Exclusive: Carl James to leave Pictet Asset Management
Carl James, global head of fixed income trading at Pictet Asset Management is leaving the firm in April to take his first non-buy-side role...
GAM in talks with Newgame after unsuccessful Liontrust bid
Global Asset Management (GAM) has entered into talks with investor group Newgame after the mooted Liontrust bid is now expected not to materialise.
The “constructive...
SoftSolutions’ new testing-as-a-service environment live
SoftSolutions, the fixed income trading technology provider, has announced that a major Scandinavian bank is completing testing of the latest version of nexRates using...
Strong quarter in fixed-income for European banks
European banks reported a strong showing in fixed-income trading during the final quarter of 2024, buoyed by elevated client activity across rates, credit, and...
Asteria IM partners with Amundi for portfolio management system and dealing services
Asteria Investment Managers has adopted asset manager Amundi’s portfolio management system, the Amundi Leading Technologies & Operations (ALTO), for all of its assets under...
