Market gives cautious response to Sweden’s ‘detail-lite’ MiFID II deal
The Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union (Council) reached a last-minute agreement with the EU Parliament on proposed changes to the...
Aegon AM: Bond market liquidity fears ‘overblown’
Fears over a potential liquidity crisis in the corporate bond market are “significantly overblown”, according to Adrian Hull, head of core fixed income at...
Mizuho EMEA joins Neptune to distribute real-time axe data
Mizuho EMEA has joined Neptune Networks, the fixed income network for disseminating real-time axe data.
Neptune delivers axes from 32 of the leading dealers...
Report: China’s pension stress represents opportunity for global buy side
Global asset managers should take note of the investment opportunities presented by China’s pension fund market as the space embraces much-needed reform and technological...
AFME welcomes political agreement over CSDR mandatory buy-in
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has welcomed political agreement regarding the European Union's refit of the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR)....
MTS and Wematch.live launch risk netting service for interest rate swaps on Euronext
European electronic fixed income platform MTS and fintech Wematch.live have successfully trialled the first session of the risk netting Service for interest rate swaps...
Research shows increasing demand for voice and e-trading data integration across TCA and surveillance
Demand for integrated trade and communications surveillance among financial institutions has surged by 100% this year following heightened regulatory scrutiny across the financial markets,...
LCH Group to assume full ownership of LCH SA from Euronext
Euronext is to sell its 11.1% stake in LCH SA, the French subsidiary of LCH Group, for €111 million, to majority stake holder LCH...
FILS US 2023: Technology tipping point was years ago, says BlackRock research chief –...
Stefano Pasquali, head of liquidity and trading research at BlackRock, told Coalition Greenwich’s Bob Fink that when it comes to technology, the focus now...
FILS USA 2023: High net worth clients are ‘wildly bearish’ but still at risk
Despite having a risk-off mentality, global high net worth clients are still heavily into holding cash and tech stocks, and could do with diversifying...