Barclays hit by US$450 million loss on ETNs
Barclays has reported it has made an estimated loss of US$450 million on exchange-traded notes (ETNs). As the bank noted in a statement, ETNs...
YieldX launches new bond investment and portfolio management suite
YieldX, a new end-to-end platform for fixed income investing, has been launched to offer a new workflow for sourcing and trading fixed income assets.
Using...
Investortools expands pricing capabilities with ficc.ai integration
The Investortools Dealer Network is set to expand its pricing capabilities by integrating ficc.ai’s live municipal pricing data.
By connecting to ficc.ai, clients will be...
Wayne Barber joins Janus trading team
Wayne Barber has been promoted to junior fixed income trader at Janus Henderson Investors.
Barber has been a data analyst at the firm since May...
US electronic platforms’ credit activity cools further in
Average daily volume reported on TRACE for US investment grade (IG) and high yield (HY) dropped a further 9% month-on-month (MoM) in June to...
Concannon joins MarketAxess from CBOE; New US exchange to fight incumbents
Bond venue operator and data provider MarketAxess has named Chris Concannon, as president and chief operating officer, effective as of January 22, 2019.
He will...
Eurex and Newedge veteran joins bond issuance fintech
Jean-Luc Savignac has been named USA country manager at Onbrane, a negotiation and issuance platform, aiming at tokenising debt products and managing their life...
Barclays Japan appoints JP Morgan veteran
Yoichi Takemura has been appointed head of macro trading for Japan at Barclays. He will be based in Tokyo.
Alongside overseeing the macro trading division,...
ITG expands TCA into fixed income market
By Flora McFarlane.
Agency broker ITG has announced that it is expanding its transaction cost analysis (TCA) platform into the fixed income market. Covering around...
JP Morgan: A global market structure mindset – navigating diverging policies
Kate Finlayson, Managing Director, FICC Market Structure & Liquidity Strategy at J.P. Morgan, examines key market structure developments shaping trading behaviour as the global...
Long-term investors lean into equities
While long-term equities allocations continue to rise, Noel Dixon, senior macro strategist at State Street Global Markets, noted that: “weakness among fixed income is...
How to get a better OMS
Electronification of bond trading makes order/execution management systems vital, yet traders feel they are having to push providers to keep pace. Dan Barnes reports.
If...
