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.
China Focus: The secondary effect of defaults
The bid-ask spread for bonds in China’ property market has expanded by 300% this year, although even more so for Evergrande which increased by 700% between April and ...
China focus: The outstanding debt of defaulters
Concern around issuer defaults in China is clearly based upon good evidence; our chart this week from S&P Global Ratings shows the annual growth in average ...
Sukh Bachal hired by Neovest as co-head EMEA
Sukh Bachal, Neovest.
Exclusive: Katana’s intellectual property up for sale
The intellectual property of Katana, which provides trade ideas to bond investors, has been put up for sale by Hilco Streambank. Developed in-house at ING, Katana was a ...
Dom Holland joins LedgerEdge
Dom Holland, LedgerEdge.
Trumid promotes Mike Sobel to co-CEO
Mike Sobel, co-CEO, Trumid.
US inflation hits its highest level in three decades
Jonathan Baltora, head of sovereign, inflation and FX, AXA Investment Managers.
October e-trading bond platforms; rates up, credit mixed
Electronic bond trading and data platform MarketAxess has reported its monthly trading volume for October 2021 was US$619 billion with credit trading down 4% ...
Charles River integrates with MTS BondsPro ATS
State Street’s Charles River Development, the order and execution management system (OEMS) provider, has completed integration of MTS BondsPro, an alternative trading ...
Nicholas Stephan joins Liquidnet’s fixed income team
Nicholas Stephan, global head of fixed income product, Liquidnet.
New Enterprai workstation tracks market events for macro investment teams
Wojciech Mucha, CEO and co-founder, Enterprai.
The $21.6 trillion question: How many regulators does it take to change a lightbulb?
The US$21.6 trillion US Treasury market is confounded by a lack of transparency and very short-term liquidity provision, according to a new joint staff report published ...
Under the hood of CBOE's new US Treasury platform
Market and infrastructure operator, Cboe Global Markets, is planning to introduce a new dealer-to-dealer electronic trading platform for on-the-run US Treasuries called ...
Cosaic and Reformis partner to drive interoperability on buy side
Dan Schleifer, CEO & Founder, Cosaic.
ICE connects to Adroit’s EMS
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the data, technology and market infrastructure provider, has connected ICE Bonds with Adroit Trading Technologies, the provider of order ...
