Sam Knight named director of global e-trading at Fidelity International
Sam Knight, a senior trader at Fidelity International, has been made director of global e-trading. His promotion takes him to director level, less than...
UBS Execution Hub hires multiple senior buy-side traders as expansion continues
According to an internal memo, as seen by The DESK, Ian Power has joined UBS Execution Hub as head of UK execution, one of...
Bigger / smaller: What sizes are optimal for electronic trading?
Credit trading has been transformed by evolving electronic execution, which has allowed buy-side desks to express investment ideas in to the market using more...
Stefano Dallavalle and Diederik Van Suchtelen join LedgerEdge
LedgerEdge, the distributed ledger platform for corporate bond trading, has appointed Stefano Dallavalle to develop LedgerEdge’s platform as product director. He joins LedgerEdge with...
Exclusive: Bloomberg Message “sprayed dealer runs across the street”
Sources, including several dealers, have confirmed that Bloomberg’s Message service, used by broker dealers for sending runs to clients, “sprayed dealer runs across the...
Rise of the EM platform
Trading EM bonds electronically is showing growth, despite the challenges in matching. Chris Hall reports.
Emerging Market (EM) debt trading volumes recorded a 21% year-on-year...
BlackRock CEO backs blended active/passive bond portfolios
Larry Fink, chairman and CEO of investment giant BlackRock, has advocated the use of blended active and passive portfolios to optimise fixed income investments.
In...
Teamwork makes the dream work: Traders can add alpha
There is room for improvement in the relationships between portfolio managers and traders, and without taking advantage of their potential funds could miss out...
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....
Industry viewpoint: Automation – the road ahead
The DESK talks with Steve Toland, co-Founder of TransFICC about developments in fixed income workflow automation, what factors are driving this and why this...
Updated: Bloomberg launches all-to-all bond trading service
Bloomberg has launched Bloomberg Bridge, a new global all-to-all service that supports intermediated trading for corporate and emerging market bonds. Clients will initially be...
OpenYield Trading prints first trade
Broker-dealer and alternative trading system OpenYield Trading has launched, printing its first trade.
OpenYield is designed to make access to the bond market easier and...
