RBC Capital Markets launches Aiden Arrival algorithm
RBC Capital Markets has launched Aiden Arrival, the second algorithm on the firm’s artificial intelligence (AI) -based electronic trading platform. Aiden Arrival follows the Aiden...
BrokerTec launches US Treasury benchmark spread trading
Electronic bond market operator BrokerTec, has launched Relative Value (RV) Curve spread trading, allowing clients to trade cash US Treasury benchmark spreads in a...
Greenwich Associates: Buy side negative on CLOB for US treasuries
By Flora McFarlane.
Only 16% of buy-side firms thought using a central limit order book (CLOBs) would have a positive impact on trading US treasuries,...
Trading hacks and force multipliers for the smaller trading team
Faced with rising trading volumes and falling returns, buy-side bond desks are frequently either shrinking or at best struggling to match resource with requirements.
We...
Viewpoint: Mike Googe & Ravi Sawhney, Bloomberg
Fixed income TCA: The state of the art.
Scratching the surface of buy-side transaction cost analysis use reveals demand for very tailored metrics, as Mike...
Rules & Ratings: Rating agencies hit with US$49 million in SEC fines
The SEC has charged six nationally recognised statistical rating organisations (NRSROs) with failures to maintain and preserve electronic communications. In total, more than US$49...
Uncertainty persists around process trades
A standardised approach to handling process trades would better support dealers. By David Wigan.
In mid-February, the European Securities Market Association (ESMA) published a formal...
FCA rules out wholesale market data action despite higher price drivers
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the findings of its wholesale data market study – ruling out any “significant intervention” on the...
Europe unifies collateral management systems
The Eurosystem has launched the Eurosystem collateral management system (ECMS) as it works towards a more unified European financial framework.
As the fourth TARGET service...
Chris Gerlach joins MUFG
MUFG Securities Americas has hired Christopher Gerlach, a highly experienced credit derivatives and cash bond trader, as a director. He joins from BNP Paribas...
FILS 2021: Macros pressures not shaking bond investor confidence
Investors remain optimistic on debt markets despite the possibility of higher inflation, Fed tapering and disruption from structural changes in China according to discussions...
Savery named senior rates trader at Loomis, Sayles & Company
Loomis, Sayles & Company has appointed Patrick Savery as a senior US rates trader. Until recently Savery was working as a senior municipal bonds...
