Dan Barnes
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SGX anticipates Japanese growth with STIR futures
Singapore Exchange (SGX Group) plans to introduce short-term interest rate futures related to the Tokyo Overnight Average Rate (TONA) and the Singapore Overnight Rate Average (SORA) in H2 2024. Three-month TONA Futures will expand the exchange...
Read moreAFME and IA agree on UK consolidated bond tape
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has reached an agreement with the Investment Association (IA) on a proposal for a future UK post-trade transparency model for corporate and sovereign bonds. The framework aims to optimise...
Read moreJP Morgan restricted from onboarding new venues and fined US$350 million
JP Morgan has been fined US$350 million and may not onboard new trading venues without receiving prior written non-objection from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The Fed’s Board of Governors and the Office of the Comptroller of the Curren...
Read moreLars Salmon: On internal strength
Fidelity International has homegrown internal expertise and tech, to support a fixed income trading team that can weather all markets. Lars Salmon is head of fixed income trading for EMEA at Fidelity International. He joined the firm as a senior ...
Read moreCME Group set to clear US cash Treasuries
A CME Group representative has confirmed to The DESK that the company is set to enter US Treasury clearing. The news was first reported by the Financial Times, which spoke to Terry Duffy, chief executive of CME Group, at the Futures Indust...
Read moreAquis selected for Central Bank of Colombia government bond market
Banco de la República, the Central Bank of Colombia, has selected Aquis Exchange to provide technology and support services for Sistema Electrónico de Negociación (SEN), its government bond market. Aquis Technologies, Aquis’ technology and so...
Read moreExclusive: Karim Awenat promoted at Invesco
Karim Awenat has been promoted to head of EMEA and APAC macro trading at Invesco, which has assets under management of US$1.6 trillion. Awenat was previously head of fixed income trading for London at the firm, having joined the company in 2015. H...
Read moreBalls calls for UK to adopt a more risk-assertive culture
Ed Balls, former economic secretary to the UK Treasury & shadow chancellor, has called for the UK to adopt a risk-positive culture in order to stem the reduction of capital raising in the UK market via the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Speakin...
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