Greenwich Associates: Buy side negative on CLOB for US treasuries
By Flora McFarlane.
Only 16% of buy-side firms thought using a central limit order book (CLOBs) would have a positive impact on trading US treasuries,...
Editorial: Oversight of US bond markets is broken
Oversight of the US bond markets is broken. The world’s sixth largest bank by assets, JP Morgan, was able to manipulate the US Treasury...
Neil Kleinman to head up debt capital markets at Joseph Gunnar
Emerging growth markets-focused broker-dealer and investment bank, Joseph Gunnar & Co (JGUN), has appointed Neil Kleinman as head of debt capital markets.
Kleinman will...
Dan Hinxman joins Bloomberg
Bloomberg has hired Dan Hinxman as head of European credit electronic trading following his departure from Liquidnet last year.
Hinxman was a managing director...
FIMSAC: MiFID II shows flaws in ‘equitisation’ of bond markets
By Shobha Prabhu-Naik.
Europe’s revamped Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) legislation MiFID II carries ideas from the equity markets into other markets but...
Swap market participants begin using DSB
It appears that swap market participants are beginning to use the service in increasing numbers as the Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) reports a rise in...
What FILS delegates want
With the Fixed Income Leaders Summit (FILS) Europe upon us, The DESK has been speaking to attendees to discern what topics are most eagerly...
Tradeweb, Euroclear and Informa Global Markets collaborate on bond issuance
Market operator Tradeweb, international central securities depositary Euroclear and data provider Informa Global Markets (IGM) are collaborating to automate the security identification and setup...
How to get a better OMS
Electronification of bond trading makes order/execution management systems vital, yet traders feel they are having to push providers to keep pace. Dan Barnes reports.
If...
Viewpoint : Best execution in derivatives : Liam Huxley
Taking the proper steps
The DESK speaks to Liam Huxley, CEO of Cassini Systems about best execution in derivatives.
How well developed is the best execution process...
Trading Intentions Survey 2016 : The DESK
Building on data gathered in our 2015 Trading Intention’s Survey, The DESK presents its findings for 2016.
The respondents.
This year we had 70 responses from...
Video interview with Rhian Ravenscroft
Rhian Ravenscroft, Senior Legal Counsel at MarketAxess is asked about her race to the top by Markets Media's, senior writer Shanny Basar.
European Women in Finance...
