Staying the course: Outlook for 2018
By Boon Peng Ooi, chief investment officer for fixed income, at Eastspring Investments.
Over the past two years, a “strategy” of “tactically” trading risk has...
LCH SA extends clearing offering to Belgian debt
By Flora McFarlane.
LCH has announced that its continental Europe-based RepoClear service is now offering clearing on Belgian government bonds.
RepoClear’s monthly volumes currently average €13...
Trumid sees return on investment: 2017 daily trade volumes doubled
By Flora McFarlane.
Trumid, the all-to-all electronic credit trading platform, reports it has has doubled 2017 daily trade volumes on last year.
The finTech firm reports...
EC: ESMA should run consolidated tape for fixed income
By Flora McFarlane.
An expert group organised by the European Commission to analyse the European corporate bond market has issued recommendations aiming to make issuance...
Greenwich Associates: Fixed-income future shaky for dealers
By Flora McFarlane.
Analyst firm Greenwich Associate’s report on investment banks trading European fixed income, has indicated that the first half of 2017’s buoyancy on...
FCA fines former BAML bond trader for spoofing
By Flora McFarlane.
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined a former Bank of America Merrill Lynch bond trader £60,090 for engaging in market...
BNP Paribas joins with GTS for US Treasuries trading
By Flora McFarlane.
BNP Paribas has announced today that it has teamed up with quantitative trading firm, GTS, to access US Treasuries trading, signalling the...
US unbundling does not impose fiduciary execution rules on dealers
By Flora McFarlane.
US banks are able to unbundle trade execution and research payments without incurring fiduciary responsibility for trade execution. Following a lengthy process...
SEC forms Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee
By Flora McFarlane.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the formation and first members of its Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee.
The committee,...
Ipreo’s Investor Access first year sees strong uptake
By Flora McFarlane.
Ipreo, a global provider of workflow solutions and market intelligence, has released its growth statistics on usage of Investor Access, its real-time...