Billy Hult to become new Tradeweb CEO
Tradeweb, the rates, credit, equities and money market operator, has announced a number of changes to the board of directors and succession plans for...
Bloomberg drops RUNZ forwarding over information leakage fears
On 10 September 2024 Bloomberg started automatically blocking the forwarding of RUNZ-formatted messages.
A RUNZ formatted message is an email message composed on the Bloomberg...
FILS 2022: Market endures despite liquidity squeeze; strong dollar remains safe haven
The macroeconomic fallout of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will continue to constrict liquidity for Europe’s fixed income markets and dictate central bank monetary policy...
The beginning of the end (of liquidity provision)?
Bid ask spreads are widening in US investment grade credit, according to MarketAxess’s CP+ data, which may signal the traditional end-of-year withdrawal of dealer...
MiFID II: An exercise in risk management
Gherardo Lenti Capoduri, head of Banca IMI’s Market Hub, speaks with The DESK about the capacity of firms on both sides of the street...
Morgan Stanley an outlier as banks see FI trading revenues drop
In the third quarter of 2024, of five major banks – Citi, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley – only...
Bryan Harkins joins Trumid
Electronic credit trading platform Trumid has appointed Bryan Harkins in the newly created role of chief revenue officer.
Harkins is an experienced executive with expertise...
Le Saout named portfolio manager at ADIA
Tanguy Le Saout has been appointed portfolio manager (PM) for macro fixed income Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), a sovereign wealth fund with a...
HSBC splits
An organisational switch-up at HSBC, effective 2025, sees the bank prioritise its Hong Kong and UK operations with dedicated business lines.
HSBC Holdings will operate...
Swedish broker shut for pushing risky bonds and illicit issuer payments
Swedish market regulator, Finansinspektionen (FI), has revoked all permits for Nord Fondkommission AB (Nord FK) to continue trading.
Nord FK is a securities firm whose...
Little consensus on impact of more clearing in US Treasuries
ISDA has published the results of a survey on the US Treasury market, which provides views on the potential benefits and costs of increased...
Vela hooks up with Fenics UST to support low-touch trading
Execution technology supplier, Vela, has added Fenics US Treasuries (Fenics UST), the electronic Treasury trading platform owned and operated by BGC Financial, to its...
