Dan Barnes
dan.barnes@fi-desk.comThe Editorial Director at Markets Media Europe, Dan strives to become an integral part of traders’ networks by ensuring they are informed and helped by the information we deliver. Dan wrote the world’s first article on predatory trading algorithms in 2004, and has won multiple State Street ‘Journalist of the Year’ awards in several categories. In his spare time, Dan makes longbows.
Ben Wheeler joins RLAM's fixed income team
Ben Wheeler has joined Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) as a fixed income trader.
BofA: ‘Universal gloom’ in fund manager survey
The latest fund manager survey by BofA has found that a net 92% of survey participants expect a recession in Europe over the next twelve months up from 75% last month, ...
SEC proposes new central clearing rules for US Treasury market
US market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed rule changes to enhance risk management practices for central counterparties in the US ...
SS&C connects with Trumid to expand access to corporate bond liquidity
Order management system (OMS) provider SS&C Technologies has connected with bond market operator Trumid, so its clients can trade US and emerging market (EM) ...
Liquidnet signs up to the Sustainable Trading initiative
Market operator Liquidnet, part of the TP ICAP Group, has joined a member of Sustainable Trading, a non-profit membership network dedicated to supporting environmental, ...
The European Women in Finance Awards Shortlist for 2022
Markets Media Europe has now released the shortlist for the European Women in Finance Awards 2022. Since launching the awards in 2020 when Best Execution and The DESK ...
Less distressed debt
The risks of default in high yield credit are one reason cited for reduced sell-side trading activity in the asset class. However, while the outlook for many economies ...
Is a liquidity crisis brewing in European HY?
Concern around liquidity in Europe’s high yield market has been rising over the past quarter as it is hit by a double whammy, falling issuance and declining market ...
Fitz Partners: Fund revenue margins drop 10% in 3 years, multi-asset offers hope
In the latest edition of its ‘Investment Advisory Fee Benchmarking Report’, fund research company Fitz Partners has looked at the different costs which make up fund ...
MarketAxess reports record August volumes
Bond-market operator MarketAxess has reported having its strongest ever August monthly trading volumes, with US$30.6 billion in total trading average daily volume (ADV), ...
Eurex launches the first futures on a Euro High Yield Index
From 17 October 2022, Eurex will offer market participants the opportunity to hedge the Euro-denominated high-yield corporate bond market in Europe. This segment has ...
Tradeweb see US credit volumes jump while European credit falls
Market operator Tradeweb has reported overall trading volumes of USUS$23.4 trillion in August 2022, with average daily volume (ADV) for the month across assets at ...
CME Group proposes date for fallbacks conversion of Eurodollar futures and options contracts
Market operator CME Group is proposing to convert Eurodollar futures and options open interest into corresponding secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) contracts on 14 ...
Exclusive: Kirstie MacGillivray named UK CEO of Aegon AM
Kirstie MacGillivray, CEO of Aegon Asset Management.
Chart of the week: ECB rates rise expectations
Expectations on the European Central Bank’s appetite to increase its interest rate will have a direct and negative impact on European bond trading which has already been ...
