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FCA to investigate barriers for buy side to access data

The UK’s market regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will launch two market studies and gather further information to investigate access to wholesale data. ...

Morgan Stanley analysts predicting Q4 was tough for bank FICC revenues

Morgan Stanley analysts, looking at the performance of investment banks in Q4 2021, are predicting a significant fall in revenues across fixed income, commodity and ...

LSEG invests in BondCliQ to expand fixed income data

London Stock Exchange Group and buy-side institutions have led fundraising in BondCliQ, which provides a consolidated quote system in the opaque and fragmented market ...

CME Group to launch 20-Year US treasury bond futures on 7 March

Market operator CME Group will expand its benchmark US Treasury futures and options offering with the addition of 20-Year U.S. Treasury Bond futures on March 7, pending ...

Propellant.digital reports rapid uptake of its bond data analytics

Vincent Grandjean

ION Markets delivers trading connectivity for Trumid

ION Markets, a provider of trading solutions for capital markets, has upgraded its connectivity to support market operator Trumid’s Attributed Trading, a disclosed ...

Tradeweb caps record Q4; December lighter than analyst predictions

Market operator Tradeweb reported a total trading volume for December 2021 of US$19.9 trillion across rates, credit, equities and money markets, a decline of 17.4% on ...

TD Securities names new co-heads of global markets

Chris Vogel and Tim Wiggan have been promoted to co-heads of global markets at Toronto Dominion Securities (TD Securities). In a statement the firm said, “Chris and Tim ...

BlueCrest hit by £40m fine by FCA

Fund manager BlueCrest has been fined just over £40 million by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for inadequate disclosures to investors, regarding its ...

Jonathan Tricker promoted to head trader role

Jonathan Tricker, Vanguard.

Christine Kenny announces retirement

Christine Kenny, Senior Fixed Income Strategist, Head of London Office, Loomis, Sayles & Co.

Bloomberg and Goldman Sachs launch China USD Credit Liquid HY Index family

Bloomberg and Goldman Sachs have launched a Bloomberg China USD Credit Liquid HY Index family, which provides market participants with indices to adjust their exposure ...

Tipping Point: CME’s SOFR-linked STIR Futures eclipse Libor-linked STIR Futures for first time

CME open interest data confirms that Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)-linked short term interest rate (STIR) Futures open interest has, for the first time, ...