David Blake leaves Northern Trust as director for Global Fixed Income
David Blake has left Northern Trust Global Investments as director for Global Fixed Income, after 15 years at the firm, following a restructuring of...
AFME confirms HY deals on par with pre-Covid levels
In a new report on high yield (HY) bonds and leveraged loans, the Association of Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has found that since...
Rising rates hit high yield availability
Despite some optimistic outlooks on bond issuance in 2023, high yield bonds are clearly seeing a decline in Europe, based on data from the...
Country focus: India’s bond markets in an election year
India has an upcoming election on 19 April, which the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is widely...
Algomi ALFA adds actionable liquidity via Liquidnet and Trumid
Algomi ALFA has taken a step closer to becoming a smart order router (SOR) for fixed income, by enabling actionable liquidity alerts for the...
FILS in Barcelona: The modernisation of the bond market
A massive modernisation of the bond market is being recognised at the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit in Barcelona.
Although the event was largely held...
AFME urges co-legislators to ensure EU market attractiveness as MiFIR trilogues begin
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has issued a comment in response to the vote of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) on...
Rules & Ratings: Australia cuts rates – with caution
The Reserve Bank of Australia has lowered the cash rate target to 4.1%, dropping 0.25%. The exchange settlement balance interest rate has been reduced...
SEC’s proposals create competitive opportunities
Responses to the wide ranging proposals posited by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in US equity markets last week have raised questions but...
UBS Execution Hub hires multiple senior buy-side traders as expansion continues
According to an internal memo, as seen by The DESK, Ian Power has joined UBS Execution Hub as head of UK execution, one of...
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...
Broadridge acquires Itiviti
Broadridge Financial Solutions has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Itiviti, the trading and connectivity technology provider to the capital markets industry, in an...
