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.
Symphony partners with Digital Asset to tackle syndicated loans
Market communication and infrastructure provider Symphony is partnering with Digital Asset, a distributed ledger and infrastructure specialist, to create straight ...
BondAuction to introduce auctions for bond issuance by year end
BondAuction, a new platform to support bond issuance, is planning to have its system to support a new auction process operable by mid-2022 with regulatory sign off ...
NatWest, Santander with Fnality, Nivaura and Adhara execute cross-chain Ethereum debt transaction
Three UK financial technology firms, Fnality, Nivaura and Adhara, in collaboration with European banks Santander and NatWest have completed a pilot, proof of concept ...
Swedish regulator FinansInspektionen flags corporate bond markets for review in 2022
Swedish capital markets regulator, FinansInspektionen (FI), has published its priorities for 2022, including a review on the bond markets and fund holdings of corporate ...
Charles River and LedgerEdge collaborate on DLT-enabled credit liquidity and trading services
Charles River Development, a State Street Company, is collaborating with distributed ledger bond market specialist LedgerEdge, to provide investment firms with access to ...
HSBC integrates with Bloomberg AIM to support post-trade efficiency
Ian Peckett, Bloomberg.
Tradeweb sees strong January; adds Jump Trading to European rates market
Tradeweb Markets has added Jump Trading to its European government bond marketplace to provide bank participants with streaming liquidity via the new Tradeweb EUGV STAQ ...
AFME finds sell-side fixed income data spend up 50% over five years
A study by the Association of Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has provides a new view of rising fixed income data costs in eight categories; terminals, pricing and ...
John Orrock joins Cowen fixed income outsourced trading
John Orrock, managing director, Cowen Outsourced Trading.
Nash Panchal named new CIO at MarketAxess
Nash Panchal, MarketAxess.
Liquidnet’s direct link from O/EMS to syndicate banks deployed by Charles River
Block trading specialist and agency broker, Liquidnet, has unveiled a new feature in its new issuance platform for corporate bonds, intended to enable investors to ...
ESMA launches consultation to clarify boundaries of trading venues under MiFID II
The European and Securities Market Authority (ESMA) has launched a consultation on what constitutes a trading venue, and what can be considered a trading tool – and is ...
MarketAxess reports record revenue in 2021
Bond market operator MarketAxess saw total revenues for 2021 increase 1.4% to a record US$699 million, compared to US$689.1 million for 2020. Operating income was ...
Amber Wright to lead new R.J. O’Brien initiatives on fixed income and multi-asset electronic trading
Amber Wright, executive director, global head of fixed income rates and e-trading sales, R.J. O’Brien.
Origin launches Instant-ISIN 2.0 for Eurobond issuance
Origin, a debt capital markets fintech, has launched Instant-ISIN 2.0 for both allocation and activation of ISINs for Eurobond issuance, ‘XS’ ISINs, while also providing ...
