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Berry joins First Eagle
Edward Berry has joined First Eagle Investments as managing director for alternative credit.
First Eagle holds US$213 billion in assets under management as of 31...
ICE launches pre-trade analytics tool for fixed income buy side
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has launched a fixed income pre-trade analytics platform, ICE Compass, which the company says uses artificial intelligence to rank trading counterparties...
Bloomberg and DirectBooks collaborate on primary market workflows
Bloomberg and DirectBooks have announced a collaboration on automated primary bond market workflows is now live.
The collaboration brings together DirectBooks and TSOX, Bloomberg’s fixed...
Exclusive: TP ICAP launches RealQ to electronify block bond trades
TP ICAP has launched RealQ, a new credit trading and data platform designed to optimise block bond trading.
"We're focused on electronifying the part of...
Citadel Securities, Deutsche Bank and more back FairCT
Ediphy has announced five major investors for fairCT business, provider of the European consolidated tape for bonds.
Barclays, Citadel Securities, Deutsche Bank, TP ICAP and...
ICE sees record OI in Euribor options
The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) recorded record open interest in Euribor options on 1 June.
The exchange reported that open interest in ICE Euribor futures and...
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The accelerating boat to China: A faster route for traders
China offers investors a wealth of opportunity, with the caveat that markets are not fully open. Where the authorities are cautious about changes to market...
Eurex sees lit credit future liquidity migrate to dark
The Bloomberg / Eurex credit futures conference in mid-January 2026 had all seats taken and attendees standing in the aisles. That bursting enthusiasm was...
Human battles machine in JGB market
Participants say electronic trading of Japanese government bonds has reached an inflection point, but others counter that the death of voice trading has been...
Credit futures see OI and ADV increase more than sevenfold YoY
The adoption of credit futures as a mainstream credit trading vehicle is broadening across venues and currencies: US$ iBoxx total return based futures traded...
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Trading Intentions Survey: Data and protocol innovation are the battlegrounds for...
The 2026 Trading Intentions Survey has found that data is the most hotly-contested field in supporting corporate bond trading today, while analysis of trading...
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Central clearing for bonds?
The lack of dealer liquidity provision during the March 2020 sell-off has triggered several proposals for market structure reform, not least in the US...
FICC revenues climb as US banks capitalise on volatility
Wall Street banks posted US$18.8 billion in fixed-income trading revenues in Q2, driven by their activity in macro products, particularly rates and currencies. JP...
RUSD IB eyes growth with new hire
Labuan-headquartered Islamic investment firm RUSD Investment Bank has named Maxim Shashenkov as a managing director.
Based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Shashenkov is responsible for the...
Chappell leaves Nordea IM as head of fixed income trading
Brett Chappell has left Nordea Investment Managers as head of fixed income trading, with his role being filled temporarily by Jakob Jessen, executive director...
FILS 2022: SFDR adds ESG onus to new fund launches
The EU’s new regulatory framework for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing has caused confusion among the fixed income market, but is putting more...
Technology : Order management systems : Dan Barnes
Will buy-side firms build the OMS they need?
Complaints about order management system performance still dog the fixed income markets, increasing the likelihood of in-house...
Quantum computing ‘breakthrough’ has “more red flags than a People’s Liberation Army parade”
The claim by HSBC that noise in an IBM quantum computer helped deliver a 34% improvement in algorithmic trading performance has been disputed by...
Parameta Solutions becomes an authorised benchmark administrator
Parameta Solutions, the Data & Analytics division of TP ICAP, has become a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) authorised benchmark administrator, which it claims makes...
Stanley Sheriff starts trading at Balyasny
Stanley Sheriff has started running risk as a macro portfolio manager at Balyasny Asset Management in Dubai after having been poached last year from...
MiFID II: What could go wrong
Keep an eye on these potential points of failure, writes Dan Barnes.
For trading desks the impact of the new Markets in Financial Instruments Directive...
Genesis launches web-based middle-office solution for fixed income trading
Genesis Global, a financial services software development company, has launched a web version of its multi-asset class middle-office solution, Trade Allocation Manager (TAM). Genesis...
Massaad Scott leaves Nomura as new London prop desk closes, again
Sources have confirmed to The Desk that Pamela Massaad Scott has left Nomura following the closure of the bank’s proprietary trading desk in London,...
