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.
Market disruption spreads beyond Ukraine and Russia
Traders are reported that liquidity across developed and emerging markets is being hit, with trades taking far longer to complete and price formation suffering as ...
Reports: Ukraine raises nearly US$300 million in bond sale
Ukraine has successfully raised funds in the bond market at a time when Russian debt is becoming untradable. The proceeds from the bonds will be used to meet the needs ...
Union Investment imposes a purchase ban on Russian state bonds and sanctioned companies
Christian Kopf, Head of Portfolio Management Fixed Income, Union Investment.
Bond trading disrupted as ICSDs close to ruble settlement
International central securities depository (ICSD) Euroclear has announced it will no longer settle ruble-denominated transactions from 1 March 2022 until further ...
Liquidnet adds trading in the South African bond market
Block and agency trading specialist Liquidnet, a TP ICAP company, is partnering with TP ICAP South Africa to support bond trading. The firm reports more than 20 local ...
Market reflects grim situation in Ukraine
The invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 by Russia, wedded to subsequent sanctions and travel restrictions have triggered a series of market responses with the value ...
JP Morgan FICC e-Trading Survey: Inflation to have biggest impact
The JP Morgan annual fixed income, commodity and currency (FICC) e-Trading Survey has found that inflation is expected to have the greatest effect on trading conditions ...
SoftSolutions' new testing-as-a-service environment live
Roberto Cocchi, CEO and founder, SoftSolutions.
Reg ATS: What does the proposed expansion mean for bond trading venues?
In late January the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules to bring more Alternative Trading Systems (ATS) that trade Treasuries and other government ...
TransFICC launches fixed income consolidated tape pilot
TransFICC, the specialist provider of low-latency connectivity and workflow services for Fixed Income and Derivatives Markets, has launched a new initiative to develop a ...
Retail primary market platform PrimaryBid announces US$190m Series C investment
Anand Sambasivan, CEO, PrimaryBid.
IHS Markit partners with Adroit to deliver multi-asset execution via thinkFolio
Investment services, risk and data management giant, IHS Markit, has partnered with Adroit Trading Technologies to give access to its multi-asset execution management ...
CME Group launches price comparison tool for cash US Treasuries and futures
Derivatives market operator, CME Group, has launched UST Market Profile, a tool to bring together listed Treasury futures and BrokerTec cash treasuries in one ...
FMSB publishes final standard for the sharing of investor allocation information
The FICC Markets Standards Board (FMSB) has published the final standard for the sharing of investor allocation information in the fixed income primary markets. ...
Billy Hult to become new Tradeweb CEO
Tradeweb, the rates, credit, equities and money market operator, has announced a number of changes to the board of directors and succession plans for its executive ...
