Money market and repo platforms see big volumes; MTS widens footprint
The European Central Bank estimated turnover in wholesale unsecured money markets in Europe alone was €127 billion (US$137 billion) per day in Q1 2020....
Is a liquidity crisis brewing in European HY?
Concern around liquidity in Europe’s high yield market has been rising over the past quarter as it is hit by a double whammy, falling...
Sean Shanker swaps Citi for BTIG
Financial services firm BTIG has appointed Sean Shanker as a managing director for electronic trading.
In the New York-based role, Shanker will lead new initiatives...
BlackRock launches first BuyWrite fixed income ETFs
BlackRock launched a first-of-its-kind suite of fixed income ETFs that provide access to buy-write investment strategies on baskets of fixed income securities: the iShares...
EC to review mandatory buy-in rules under CSDR
The European Commission has stated that it will review the mandatory buy-in rules under the Central Securities Depository Regime (CSDR). The comments were made...
MarketAxess pushes muni e-trading with pricing engine expansion
Responding to growing interest in muni market e-trading, MarketAxess’s AI-powered electronic pricing engine CP+ is now available for municipal bonds.
Julien Alexandre, global head of...
Making prices more easily
If dealers cannot make prices investors will have to, and many firms are stepping up to offer greater access to pricing and liquidity data....
John Maggiacomo joins MarketAxess as head of North America client sales
John Maggiacomo has been named head of client sales in North America at MarketAxess, based out of New York.
In the newly created role, Maggiacomo...
Industry viewpoint: Forging fixed income’s future
How technology is enabling data-driven execution and analytics.
In recent years, the electronification of fixed income (FI) markets has been followed by the development of...
Sherpa Edge goes live
Outsourced trading provider, Sherpa Edge Trading, has gone live with Reception and Transmission of Order (RTO) services out of its offices in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The...
Perpetual selects State Street’s Charles River to manage front office ops
State Street subsidiary Charles River Development has been tapped by Perpetual Group to manage its front office operations for the firm’s Australian asset management...
Buy side calls for reform in US Treasuries
Treasuries market under the spotlight as US finance ministry takes stock in one of the most sweeping reviews of its kind. Anna Reitman reports.
The...
