BlackRock veteran Mitchelson to join Bloomberg
Multiple sources have confirmed that Rob Mitchelson, formerly Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) head of fixed income and FX trading at BlackRock, is to...
Granit Funds hires Erlandsson as head of fixed income from AP4
Granit Funds has recruited Ulf Erlandsson as its head of fixed income starting in August. He comes from the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4) where...
A very clear contrast in trading volumes as sanctions bite
The second chart this week shows trading in Russian government bonds which fell off a cliff at the start of March, triggered by an...
Report: Over half of dealers being asked for direct price streaming
New research by fixed income price data and analytics provider, BondCliQ, has found that over half of sell-side firms (52%) have been asked for...
Cboe to launch iBoxx USD EM bond index futures on 17 June
Cboe Global Markets intends to list Cboe iBoxx US dollar Emerging Market Bond Index futures (ticker: IEMD) for trading on Cboe Futures Exchange, beginning...
GAM Investments onboards Bloomberg to improve risk and portfolio management workflows
GAM Investments has adopted an integrated suite of Bloomberg buy-side workflow solutions in a drive to streamline risk and portfolio management across the enterprise....
Vicky Chan returns to HKEX
Hong Kong Exchange & Clearing Limited (HKEX) has appointed Vicky Chan as managing director and head of post trade, effective 5th August. She replaces...
FINRA reporting change could support low-touch trading at size
A proposed pilot project for raising the size at which US bond trades must be reported, and delaying reporting for even larger trades, could...
Bloomberg and Goldman Sachs launch China USD Credit Liquid HY Index family
Bloomberg and Goldman Sachs have launched a Bloomberg China USD Credit Liquid HY Index family, which provides market participants with indices to adjust their...
FILS 2022: Could ESMA ban RFQs?
The future of the request for quote (RFQ) protocol was being challenged both on and off stage at the Fixed Income Leaders’ Summit in...
Is European credit electronification bouncing back?
There has been a noted proportional increase in electronification of US credit trading, as tracked by Coalition Greenwich. However, metrics around European trading found...
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...
