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
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 ...
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 ...
Eurex and Newedge veteran joins bond issuance fintech
Jean-Luc Savignac
Fed: No bond ETF fees for BlackRock; JP Morgan still AWOL
Under the new Federal Reserve asset purchasing programme, BlackRock, the asset manager which is acting as the trading function for the programme, will charge no asset ...
MTS BondsPro pushes into Mexican bond markets
Fixed income market operator MTS Markets, part of London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), has expanded its reach into Mexico via a marketing agreement with US-registered ...
Greenwich: RFQ cuts convertible bond spreads in half
New research by analyst firm Greenwich Associates has found that the request for quote (RFQ) protocol is cutting the spreads made by the most aggressive convertible bond ...
Coalition: Sell-side FICC productivity levels rocketed in Q1
Sell-side FICC productivity levels rocket in Q1
Citi and JP Morgan absent from Fed programme
The list of eligible dealers for the Fed’s bond and exchange-traded fund programme for the 12th May has been published and it is missing Citi and JP Morgan, two of the ...
