Lead : BENCHmark Survey 2018
The DESK BENCHmark: Volumes down, efficiency up. Fewer traders are managing greater volumes of trading in rates, while the volume of electronic trading is increasing ...
Landazabal to lead trading at GAM
Juan Landazabal is to join Swiss asset manager, Global Asset Management (GAM), as global head of trading, according to an email seen by The DESK. Until May 2018 he was ...
GAM raises spectre of illiquidity and redemption
By Pia Hecher.
Exclusive: Vincenzo Vedda reveals DWS’s new trading vision
Vincenzo Vedda, global head of trading at DWS (formerly Deutsche Asset Management) has laid out his vision for the firm’s new trading operations for the first time. DWS, ...
FIMSAC: MiFID II shows flaws in ‘equitisation’ of bond markets
By Shobha Prabhu-Naik.
FCA says HFT firms exacerbate and profit from flash crashes
A paper published by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has said that high-frequency trading (HFT) firms and agency traders exacerbate flash crashes in the equity ...
Bhuchar replaces Cox as head of FI trading at JPM AM
Nick Cox left his position at JP Morgan Asset Management as global head of fixed income trading at the end of 2017, a spokesperson has confirmed. Amit Bhuchar replaced ...
Paul Squires to join Invesco
Paul Squires is to join Invesco as head of EMEA Equity Trading, the asset management firm has confirmed, leaving his role as head of trading and securities finance at ...
Fixed income’s slow adaptation to payment for research
By Flora McFarlane
Ipreo growth ahead of rival banks Q1 platform launch
By Flora McFarlane and Dan Barnes.
Staying the course: Outlook for 2018
By Boon Peng Ooi, chief investment officer for fixed income, at Eastspring Investments.
SEC forms Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee
By Flora McFarlane.
Neptune embeds Symphony chat functionality
Neptune Networks Ltd, the Fixed Income network for real-time “axe” indications, today announced that it has embedded Symphony chat functionality within the Neptune ...
Izzy Conlin & Bryan Knapp: On cutting through complexity
There is nothing simple about the task facing BlackRock’s dealing teams, who trade for some of the world’s largest fixed income positions. For Izzy Conlin and Bryan ...
The DESK BENCHmark 2017: Mid-sized buy-side have diverse trading
Mid-sized asset managers champion electronic trading - The DESK’s BENCHmark research has found mid-sized firms use electronic trading and a wider range of brokers than ...
