Making a mark on TCA
Transaction cost analysis is becoming more sophisticated despite data limitations. Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the current offerings.
Fixed income markets are becoming more transparent....
Buy-side fights back against primary market pressure
As new platforms promise to increase efficiency in bond issuance, buy-side firms are looking for leverage to drive change, and not only through technology.
The...
Daniel Mayston leaves BlackRock
Daniel Mayston has resigned from BlackRock after nearly 20 years at the world’s largest asset manager, according to sources close to the company.
Mayston was...
Tighter spreads, bigger trades
Credit markets have largely seen tightening bid-ask spreads since the start of the year on both sides of the Atlantic – some segments more...
Moody’s strips US of its final triple-A
Moody’s Investors Service has cut the long-term sovereign rating of the United States by one notch to Aa1, citing the inexorable rise in federal...
HY holding back US credit e-trading evolution
Electronic trading in investment grade (IG) US credit was up both year-on-year (YoY) and month-on-month (MoM) in June, according to research from Coalition Greenwich,...
NTAM builds out investment team
Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM) has appointed two chief investment strategists. Gary Paulin takes on international responsibilities, while Joseph Tanious will head the North...
MarketAxess pushes muni e-trading with pricing engine expansion
Responding to growing interest in muni market e-trading, MarketAxess’s AI-powered electronic pricing engine CP+ is now available for municipal bonds.
Julien Alexandre, global head of...
Flextrade and BlackRock platforms to integrate, extending OEMS consolidation trend
Execution management system (EMS) provider Flextrade and Aladdin, the order management system (OMS) developed by asset manager BlackRock, are to deepen their partnership, with...
Bloomberg wins over AB and Capital Group with BVAL
AllianceBernstein (AB) and Capital Group have both selected Bloomberg's evaluated pricing service (BVAL) to benchmark and corroborate end-of-day values for US fixed income portfolio...
Industry bodies rail against new US capital rules
Trade bodies have set their stalls against the introduction of planned capital rules in the US, which would create additional costs for banks seeking...
Tharshan joins Citi credit trading team
Tharsh Tharshan has joined Citi as a credit trader. He is based in London.
Citi reported revenues of US$81.1 billion in 2024, up 3% from...
