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 ...
Report: Buy-side traders often still seen as ‘trading support’
A new report by Liquidnet entitled ‘Unbundling Best Execution: What do traders need to know?’ has found that while most buy-side trading desks are now seen as a ...
How asset managers capture micro-alpha opportunities
Setting up your desk correctly can help to boost returns for funds and clients. When an opportunity arises for a fund to improve its returns, it is incumbent upon the ...
Bond funds hit by massive fee discounts; active revenues predicted to fall
Bond funds are dropping their investment management fees by up to 37% - in the case of passive funds – from those of the published prices, in order to win business from ...
FTSE Russell weighs country accessibility for fixed income traders
FTSE Russell, the index and data firm, is introducing a country classification process for fixed income. The newly introduced fixed income framework, which is designed ...
BlackRock sees rising fixed income allocations
By Pia Hecher.
GAM raises spectre of illiquidity and redemption
By Pia Hecher.
David Blake leaves Northern Trust as director for Global Fixed Income
David Blake has left Northern Trust Global Investments as director for Global Fixed Income, after 15 years at the firm, following a restructuring of portfolio management ...
Fixed income’s slow adaptation to payment for research
By Flora McFarlane
NNIP sees three areas of opportunity under moderate rate rise
By Flora McFarlane.
PLSA: Absorbed research costs must not impede transparency for investors
By Flora McFarlane.
The breakdown: How asset managers are tackling fixed income unbundling
By Flora McFarlane & Dan Barnes.
Granit Funds hires Erlandsson as head of fixed income from AP4
Granit Funds has recruited Ulf Erlandsson as its head of fixed income starting in August. He comes from the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4) where he had the ...
Hermes appoints Andrew Jackson as head of Fixed Income
Hermes Investment Management, which has £30.6 billion in assets under management, appointed Andrew Jackson as head of Fixed Income, reporting to Eoin Murray, head of ...
