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 ...
APG selects FlexTrade for multi-asset execution
APG Asset Management (APG) has selected FlexTrade’s execution management platform, FlexTRADER EMS, to consolidate and streamline its multi-asset execution management ...
Denmark FSA investigating bond funds' double-figure losses
HP Fonds Fixed Income
Robeco's equity desk engages Goldman Sachs analytics in FlexTRADER
Robeco is live and in production with Goldman Sachs pre-trade cluster analytics and market impact estimates within FlexTRADER execution management system (EMS). The ...
Lindsey Spink joins American Century Investments as co-head, global fixed income trading
Lindsey Spink has been named co-head of global fixed income trading at American Century Investments (ACI).
Broadridge's LTX platform launches buy-side advisory group
To further help develop corporate bond trading and advance market structure, Broadridge Financial Solutions has formed a new Buy-Side Advisory Group for LTX, ...
European trading strained in high yield
Comparing European high yield (HY) and investment grade (IG) corporate bond data from MarketAxess, the pressure for traders and investors in high yield markets is very ...
Peter Metcalfe and David Matheson named co-CIOs at RPIA
RPIA, a Toronto-based fixed income specialist asset management firm has appointed Peter Metcalfe and David Matheson as co-chief investment officers (CIOs), effective 1 ...
Will primary market tools fragment new issuance instead of standardising it?
Research by The DESK has found that buy-side traders have adopted a range of primary market tools to help them increase their efficiency at processing new bond issues. ...
Brian Hickey joins LedgerEdge as firm deepens bench
Brian Hickey, LedgerEdge.
Erik Swords to head AllianzGI’s technology investment team
Walter Price, Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI).
Union Investment imposes a purchase ban on Russian state bonds and sanctioned companies
Christian Kopf, Head of Portfolio Management Fixed Income, Union Investment.
Liquidnet adds trading in the South African bond market
Block and agency trading specialist Liquidnet, a TP ICAP company, is partnering with TP ICAP South Africa to support bond trading. The firm reports more than 20 local ...
Market reflects grim situation in Ukraine
The invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 by Russia, wedded to subsequent sanctions and travel restrictions have triggered a series of market responses with the value ...