SEC – controversially – moves to standardise best execution rules for broker-dealers
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is proposing new rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 relating to a broker-dealer’s duty of best...
Market data ‘Bill of rights’ opens discussion on transparency, accessibility and ownership
A week after the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority announced a consultation into buy-side access to data and benchmarks, bond pricing specialist BondCliQ and data...
MSCI develops conversational AI for portfolio and risk analysis using Google Cloud
Index and information services provider, MSCI, is expanding its partnership with Google Cloud to try and boost the development of generative AI tools for...
How to gear up for derivatives trading in 2022
Investment managers looking for better access to credit derivatives see next year as an opportunity to test new products. The DESK speaks to David...
The DESK’s Trading Intentions Survey 2020 : Streamed dealer prices
STREAMED DEALER PRICES.
Streaming prices from dealers provide a key perspective on the market, but unless they are executable they have limited value for trading....
H1 growth at LSEG buoyed by Tradeweb success
LSEG once again led their capital markets results with Tradeweb’s successes in H1 2024. Total revenue of £880 million, up 13.4% year-on-year (YoY), was...
Exclusive: Mediobanca’s rapidly growing credit business adds Marco Cravero as head of flow
Marco Cravero has joined Mediobanca in Milan as executive director and head of fixed income flow, as the bank seeks to expand its existing...
Three big hires to start at Trading Technologies in 2024
Capital markets technology platform provider, Trading Technologies International, is hiring three senior team members in the new year.
Joining on 1 January 2024 will...
FILS USA: The complexities of routing an order
A great session on selecting trading protocols at the Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Boston, allowed traders to consider what really say behind counterparty...
Toru Nakashima joins Jefferies board as SMBC increases ownership
Jefferies has appointed Toru Nakashima, president and group CEO of the Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), as a member of its board of directors....
Frediani appointed head of European expansion at BondCliQ
Gabriele Frediani has been named head of European expansion strategy and execution at BondCliQ, the central bond price facility driven by dealer prices.
Frediani is...
Cboe Global Markets: Newer, more diverse liquidity in EM markets
A new set of emerging market credit futures is expanding the range of trading and investment support for specialist and multi-asset EM investors.
Nick Godec...
