Greenwich: Data analytics now more valued than market structure knowledge
Three out of four capital markets professionals say data analysis will be the most valued skill on trading desks over the next five years,...
New senior trader at Baillie Gifford
James Li has been appointed senior investment trader at Baillie Gifford in Hong Kong. Li was most recently head of Asian Dealing at Baring...
B2Scan closes down
B2Scan, the pre-trade liquidity data platform for bond markets, has shut down after eight years. The CEO and founder of B2Scan, Frédéric Semour, was...
Middleton appointed global head of FI trading at T Rowe Price
Dwayne Middleton has been named the global head of fixed income trading at T Rowe Price, the US asset manager with US$1.12 trillion of...
Traders call time on outsized European market open hours
Buy- and sell-side traders have called for Europe to review its equity market open periods, which at eight and half hours is over 30%...
CIOs assess stormy markets ahead
Managers can expect an even worse start to 2020 than they endured in 2019, unless credit markets see an adjustment, according to Chris Iggo,...
Fear that ‘diversity washing’ could limit progress
Mark Wade, head of credit research at Allianz Global Investors, has accused the financial services industry of ‘diversity washing’, during a debate about inclusivity...
Warning on credit exposure
There are several cases to argue for reduced credit exposure, noted Stefan Hofrichter, global economist at Allianz Global Investors, speaking on Wednesday at the...
Portfolio trading challenged on best execution
For decades, tourists have flocked to Spain’s Costa Brava in anticipation of the three Ss, broadly understood to refer to sun, sea and sangria....
Could ‘Fortnite’ guide market evolution
Online game ‘Fortnite’, Netflix and Spotify will drive technological advances in e-trading, Steve Toland, founder of TransFICC, told delegates at the Fixed Income Leaders...
