FCA fines former BAML bond trader for spoofing
By Flora McFarlane.
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined a former Bank of America Merrill Lynch bond trader £60,090 for engaging in market...
Meet the consolidated tape contenders
Europe’s development of a consolidated tape for trading data now has clear front runners and benefits.
Three firms have confirmed they will compete to be...
End-of-year optimism high across fixed income firms
Fixed income market optimism has soared, according to valantic FSA and Acuiti’s Q3 2024 Fixed Income Expert Network report, with more than three quarters...
Europe’s OTC CTP competition begins
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched the selection process for the OTC derivatives consolidated tape provider (CTP).
Requests to participate must be...
MeTheMoneyShow – Episode Six
Dan Barnes, editorial director of Markets Media Europe and editor of The DESK, speaks to Lynn Strongin Dodds, editor of Best Execution about three...
SEC fines ten broker-dealers US$289m for recordkeeping violations
Ten sell-side firms have been fined a combined US$289 million by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for violating recordkeeping provisions.
The...
Insights & Analysis: CCPs’ micro-prudential framework can increase system wise risk level, Sarah Breeden...
Rules that keep each central counterparty safe can, on their own, push danger into the wider financial system, the Bank of England’s Sarah Breeden...
MTS BondVision and B2SCAN: Tackling the liquidity challenge head-on
MTS BondVision and B2SCAN are partnering to streamline the process of execution in corporate bonds. By combining liquidity discovery with order matching, the trading...
Bridgewise concludes series A funding
AI-based global securities analysis platform Bridgewise has raised US $21 million in series A funding, bringing its total raised capital to US $35 million.
The...
Keep an eye on bank issuance
Bank bond issuance is expected to pick up this year according to research by Morgan Stanley analysts. With deposits proving less attractive as a...
Jamie Crank promoted at ASX
ASX has appointed Jamie Crank as group executive for technology and data, effective 9th September.
The appointment follows “an extensive external and internal search process”,...
The Autonomous Trader
Separating the trading function from portfolio management is a painful exercise, but the benefits can be felt by the end investor. Dan Barnes reports.
Buy-side...
