Senior fixed income trader joins Bloomberg’s primary markets team
Keenan Choy, formerly a primary markets fixed income trader with Wellington Asset Management in the US, has been active in developing primary market processes...
SEC proposes joint data standards
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed joint data standards that would establish technical standards for data submitted to certain financial regulatory...
Ediphy’s consolidated tape initiative sees positive response from the market
Chris Murphy, CEO and co-founder of Ediphy, says his fintech business will seek to provide a consolidated tape for European bond markets, using a...
Coalition Greenwich: E-trading kept muni markets active amid April turmoil
Municipal bond traders are leaning into smaller tickets as they embrace electronic trading, Q1 2025 metrics show.
E-trading as a percentage of the market increased...
FILS in Barcelona: What a T+1 world will look like for fixed income
At FILS 2023, Stephanie Fraser of Baillie Gifford and Katia Felina, head of post-trade product at Bloomberg, discussed the future in both Europe and...
US corporate bond market continues upward trajectory
Average daily notional volumes (ADNV) were up 9% year-on-year (YoY) in US credit markets, reaching US$47 billion. Year-to-date, ADNV is up 21%.
In 2024, the...
Data – Can buy-side firms share bond-trading data?
Asset managers agree they need access to more trading data, but have struggled to share it effectively between themselves.
The paucity of access to bond...
Nicanor Trano promoted at BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas has appointed Nicanor Trano as head of AUD & USD rates trading for APAC.
Trano has 20 years of industry experience, and has...
Insights and analysis: Goldman cuts US recession probability to 30%
In a research piece from 21 June, Goldman Sachs economist Jan Hatzius provides an improved outlook on US economic conditions as tariffs expectations stabilised....
Amber Wright to lead new R.J. O’Brien initiatives on fixed income and multi-asset electronic...
Futures brokerage and clearing firm R.J. O’Brien has appointed Amber Wright to executive director, global head of fixed income rates and e-trading sales, with...
B2Scan closes down
B2Scan, the pre-trade liquidity data platform for bond markets, has shut down after eight years. The CEO and founder of B2Scan, Frédéric Semour, was...
Kempen chooses SimCorp Coric for legacy client reporting
By Flora McFarlane.
Dutch asset manager, Kempen, has selected SimCorp Coric for its reporting solutions, replacing its legacy reporting technology, in response to increasing regulation...
