Simone Santiago leaves Morgan Stanley
Simone Santiago has left Morgan Stanley, the company has confirmed.
Santiago has been managing director at the firm since January 2022.
Prior to this, she spent...
US Treasury volumes up, volatility down post-election
Average daily notional volume (ADNV) in US rates trading rose by 14% year-on-year (YoY) in November, reaching US$953 billion. This marks the most electronic...
Cedric Barbier joins Stone X
Cedric Barbier has moved from Nomura to StoneX and is named emerging market fixed income sales.
With a financial markets career spanning more than twenty...
US corporate bond market continues upward trajectory
Average daily notional volumes (ADNV) were up 9% year-on-year (YoY) in US credit markets, reaching US$47 billion. Year-to-date, ADNV is up 21%.
In 2024, the...
ISDA has named Jeroen Krens as board chair
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has appointed Jeroen Krens as its new board chair, effective 1st of January 2025. He succeeds Eric...
WiseAlpha broadens bond access for retail
Retail investors can now access all UK corporate and government bonds through corporate bond investment platform WiseAlpha.
The company first issued fractional bonds in 2016,...
Michelle Neal leaves New York Fed for private sector
Michelle Neal is leaving the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, effective March 2025, for payment systems developer Fnality.
Neal has been an executive vice...
MarketAxess launches direct access to UBS Bond Port
Users of MarketAxess’ private banking and wealth management service Axess IQ can now route orders directly to UBS Bond Port.
“UBS has been a liquidity...
Lord Abbett picks IMTC for portfolio, order management
Global asset manager Lord Abbett has appointed IMTC as portfolio and order management system provider.
IMTC will provide an end-to-end investment platform for the US$214...
Competition in credit futures heating up with ICE/MarketAxess/MSCI launch
Intercontinental Exchange's (ICE) has launched four new corporate bond index futures, designed to answer institutional investors' appetite for credit futures.
The product launch comes after...