Predicting the future by looking at the past
Mark Pumfrey, Liquidnet.
Mark Pumfrey, Head of EMEA, Liquidnet says that drawing on past experiences can provide some guidance as to how a cause will...
Technology : Trader engagement : Dan Barnes
Helping traders to think like engineers
The gap between the technology a trading team wants and the technology it gets is often wide; helping them...
MSIM launches two new bond funds
Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has announced the launch of two new funds, the MSINVF Short Maturity Euro Corporate Bond Fund and the MSINVF...
Barclays names Brad Rogoff global research head
Barclays has appointed Brad Rogoff global head of research, effective 1 October 2024.
Currently the head of FICC research, Rogoff is based in New York...
InvestCloud names new CIO
InvestCloud, a global wealth management software provider, has named James Young its new chief information officer (CIO).
Young will be responsible for the company’s technology...
Middleton named global head of FI trading at Morgan Stanley IM
Dwayne Middleton has been promoted to global head of fixed income trading, nearly a decade into his career at Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM)....
Dark trading limits to apply from March after reporting failures
*Update* The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will only apply the double volume cap (DVC) mechanism for trading European equities from March 2018,...
Sean George joins Millennium Capital Partners
Sean George has been named portfolio manager at Grace Court Capital, a credit fund division of Millennium Capital Partners, which has US$52 billion in...
Neptune adds MUFG to its network
By Flora McFarlane.
Neptune has announced that MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group) is the latest bank to join its fixed income network, bringing the total number...
How much credit should dealers get – and for how much risk?
There is a tension between best execution obligations and the longer-term value of a dealer supporting liquidity provision. Buy-side traders are aware that their...
KNG Securities appoints Cristian Fera as LatAm corporate analyst
Fixed income investment bank KNG Securities has appointed Cristian Fera as LatAm corporate analyst.
At KNG, Fera will focus on international debt issued by Latin...
Adaptable AI: Predicting Bond Prices in the Year of Surprises
Kristina Fan, Founder and CEO of 7 Chord, tells The DESK how BondDroid, the firm’s proprietary machine-learning technology, is overcoming barriers to AI adoption...
