Smart deployment of tech is key to boost FI desk effectiveness
Mehmet Mazi, Managing Director and Head of Credit Trading at HSBC, gives his expert insight into optimising the trading desk.
Where are the greatest risks...
Risk appetite increasing as investor confidence rises 5.1 Points in August
State Street Global Markets has released the results of the State Street Investor Confidence Index (ICI) for August 2022.
The Global Investor Confidence Index increased...
LDA slashes market data distribution times
Ultra-low latency and circuit and network solutions provider LDA Technologies has launched a tool to synchronise market data distribution in an effort to democratise...
‘Whatsapp’ fines for banks hit US$1.8 billion
US market regulators have collectively fined 15 broker-dealers, one affiliated investment adviser, plus the swap dealer and futures commission merchant (FCM) affiliates of 11...
Tradeweb and FXall offer EM bond and FX swap workflow
Tradeweb and FXall have developed a solution – FX Swap Workflow – designed to help institutional investors trade emerging market (EM) products more efficiently...
MeTheMoneyShow : The ‘special’ relationship tested by derivatives trading
In this podcast Dan Barnes discusses with Lynn Strongin Dodds the UK’s overtures to the US in getting access to securities and derivatives trading;...
On The DESK: Kirstie MacGillivray, CEO and head of investment dealing, Aegon AM UK
As CEO of Aegon UK and its head of investment dealing, Kirstie MacGillivray has a unique perspective across the front office and the board room...
Securities financing: SFTR threatens smaller players
By Lynn Strongin Dodds.
The delay to the regulation gives market participants more breathing room but they should not get too comfortable. Lynn Strongin Dodds looks...
Market structure: Is e-trading plateauing?
The overall pace of bond market electronification is slowing, but trading evolution is not linear.
Electronic trading has grown as a proportion of total trading,...
First quarter sees Tradeweb break US$1 trillion ADV
Market operator Tradeweb saw a US$1.06 trillion record average daily volume (ADV) for the first quarter of 2021, an increase of 18% compared to...
Tradeweb names Carsten Just director
Carsten Just has joined Tradeweb as director, after a short stint as a contractor with the firm.
Just has held a number of roles in...
BondAuction to introduce auctions for bond issuance by year end
BondAuction, a new platform to support bond issuance, is planning to have its system to support a new auction process operable by mid-2022 with...