2023: US govies down 6.3%, corporates up 5.4% YoY
US Treasury issuance was estimated to be almost US$4 trillion across 2023 and Q1 2024, a 305.7% increase on the historical average, with Treasuries...
FILS 2018: Advent of AI sees traders reskill, retool
By Chris Hall.
Buy-side traders risk redundancy and irrelevance if they do not adapt to the opportunities for automation of fixed-income execution provided by new...
Controversy as buy side forces U-turn on US liquidity rule
By Jonathan Weitzmann.
The liquidity risk management financial rule (Rule 22e-4) was approved on 28 June 2018 by US regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission...
IMTC launches new, streamlined platform
Fixed income technology specialist, IMTC, has launched a new and improved platform designed to enable fixed income investment managers to improve the accuracy and...
EC’s new Capital Markets Union Action Plan drives equity consolidated tape forward
The European Commission has published a new Action Plan to boost the European Union's Capital Markets Union (CMU) over the coming years. The EU's...
How big is portfolio trading in corporate bond markets?
Recent reports from market participants have given slightly different estimates for the use of portfolio trading in US corporate bonds, however the consensus is...
McGeogh swaps HSBC for Deutsche Bank
Lisa McGeogh has left HSBC after eight months after being named US chief executive at the firm, joining Deutsche Bank as head of the...
Cboe Australia, XTB expand access to corporate bond products
Cboe Australia has added XTB’s exchange-traded corporate bond products (XTBs) to the Cboe Funds platform.
In partnership with XTB, Cboe Australia has launched a series...
Etrading Software to provide UK bond CT
Etrading Software has been awarded the consolidated tape provider (CTP) contract in the UK.
The £4.8 million contract (£4 million excluding VAT) is estimated to...
Jaya Dutt named Citi’s head of markets for CEEMEA
Jaya Dutt has been appointed head of markets for Central Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA) by Citi.
Dutt joined Citi in 2003 and...
Investor Demand: Fixed income securities holdings fall in November; equities spike
Fixed income securities holdings fell by 80 basis points in November, according to State Street Holdings Indicators.
November results show that long-term investor allocations to...
Amit Raja takes new role at Citi
Citigroup has confirmed that Amit Raja has been appointed regional head of markets for EMEA at the investment bank.
The announcement follows Leo Arduini’s appointment...
