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.
Tradeweb founder and Broadridge to launch bond trading venue
Broadridge Financial Solutions has conducted live trades on a new artificial intelligence (AI)-driven corporate bond trading platform, LTX, developed in partnership with ...
TP ICAP launches Bond Evaluated Price service
Eric Sinclair, CEO of Data & Analytics, TP ICAP
Fed begins buying corporate bonds
The Federal Reserve Board has announced the Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF), will begin buying a corporate bonds to support market liquidity and the ...
DirectBooks names team and launches advisory committee
Rich Kerschner, CEO, DirectBooks
Greenwich: Buy-side traders rate counterparties by data, not friendship
Relationships are becoming less important when buy-side traders are deciding which counterparties to trade with, as data on previous trading activity takes on a greater ...
AllianceBernstein CEO calls for review of daily dealing bond funds
Seth Bernstein, CEO, AllianceBernstein
Harrington joins Columbia Threadneedle
Marc Harrington, Columbia Threadneedle Investments
BNP Paribas Asset Management names new head of global trading
Sophie Lugiez, BNP Paribas Asset Management
Promotions at Fidelity and SSGA
James Lenton has been named head trader at Fidelity Investments in Hong Kong, where he has worked as a trader since 2017.
Platform volumes in May up on 2019 levels
Rick McVey, CEO, MarketAxess
Buy side wants new tools in primary market tsunami
Several buy-side traders report new primary bond market tools could come online this year in the US, with dealer consortium DirectBooks expected to step up, Bloomberg ...
Wellington: Internal crossing could have saved US$10-15 million
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sub-committee the Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee (FIMSAC), has unanimously passed a proposal to support ...
ICMA highlights key 'dysfunctional' areas of credit market
Andy Hill, ICMA. Courtesy: Zute Lightfoot www.lightfootphoto.com
Big names out at BGC
Interdealer broker BGC Partners has made a wave of job cuts, as announced in April, which combined with recent departures has removed several heads of electronic lines ...
Trading outsourcer Tourmaline hires three senior executives
l to r: Goodman, Mazzuca, & Sindell.
