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.
FILS USA 2022: Credit sees bid-ask spreads widen as volumes seesaw
Every trader attending FILS will be keeping an eye on the markets, as bid-ask spreads continue to tick upwards and volumes remain choppy. Looking at corporate bond ...
FILS USA 2022: Behind the scenes
The buzz at FILS this year reflects the three-year hiatus from in-person events – and the amount of change that has occurred since then. Discussion between buy-side ...
FILS USA 2022: Exciting evolutions for trading protocols
Reaching out into the market to find the other side of a trade is contingent upon the right approach, be that a particular trading protocol or the best pre-trade ...
FILS USA 2022: Following a difficult start to the year...
The Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit (FILS) USA will this year begin after a period of difficult liquidity in bond markets. MarketAxess data showed trading volumes halve in ...
IMTC: Customising investment products efficiently in a rising rate environment
Russell Feldman, chief executive officer at IMTC. Photo: Richard Hadley
AFME update: European HY bond issuance fell nearly 60% year-on-year
A new report by AFME found that the primary high yield bond market decelerated significantly in Europe at the start of this year. High yield (HY) bond issuance in Q1 ...
What bouncing US credit volumes tell us in June
Looking at corporate bond trading volumes over the past two weeks, data from MarketAxess appeared to show a recovery since levels plummeted in May 2022. While high yield ...
Alison Hollingshead joins Jupiter AM
Alison Hollingshead
Daniel Fields named as TP ICAP’s new CEO of Global Broking division
Daniel Fields, CEO, TP-ICAP's Global Broking division.
LedgerEdge deploys on OpenFin
LedgerEdge, the distributed ledger technology (DLT) bond trading platform, is deploying on OpenFin, the desktop interoperability service. LedgerEdge’s web-based graphic ...
On The DESK: What it takes to build a multi-asset trading team
Since becoming global head of trading at Schroders, Gregg Dalley has helped his teams become a single, multi-asset trading unit. The DESK: What is your team’s current ...
Exclusive: US Bank, KeyBanc Capital Markets and Fifth Third Securities join DirectBooks
US Bank, KeyBanc Capital Markets, and Fifth Third Securities have joined the DirectBooks platform, increasing the total to 22 global underwriters on DirectBooks.
Coalition Greenwich: 0% impact of ESG on bond trade execution - but is there a benchmark?
According to new research from Coalition Greenwich, 0% of US-based buy-side bond traders report that environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacted their choice of ...
Euronext brings MTS tech in-house with Nexi acquisition
Euronext Group has bought the Nexi technology businesses currently powering MTS, Euronext’s leading fixed-income trading platform, and Euronext Securities Milan, ...
Seth Johnson joins LedgerEdge in senior advisory role
Bond-trading platform, LedgerEdge, has appointed Seth Johnson to the firm as a senior advisor. Johnson will focus on commercial plan and growth, including business ...
