Research: Volatility has changed trading protocol choices in 2021
Buy-side trading desks have used markedly different proportions of trading protocols between passive and active portfolios this year compared to 2020.
The DESK’s Trading Protocols...
Analysis: Impact of diverging capital rules and higher rates on banking
A new paper by analysts from Morgan Stanley and Oliver Wyman has identified two main drivers for change within wholesale banking over the next...
ABN AMRO Investment Solutions using BNP Paribas for outsourced dealing
BNP Paribas’s Securities Services business has been selected to provide ABN AMRO Investment Solutions with a range of dealing and middle office outsourcing services....
Bloomberg boosts Swap Connect for global investors
Bloomberg has expanded the capabilities of its Swap Connect solution to better facilitate global investment in China’s onshore interbank interest rate swap (IRS) markets.
Using...
Bid-ask spread betting in credit
Betting how bid-ask spreads will move this year has been made more challenging by a dislocation between the mean average and the median bid-ask...
The best of both worlds
Gonzalo Gómez Retuerto, Head Fixed Income and MARF (Mercado Alternativo de Renta Fija) at SIX Group’s BME talks about plans for SMEs, ESG and integration.
How is...
Rock Springs Capital appoints T Rowe’s Williams as head of trading
Clive Williams, who led equity trading at T Rowe Price for nearly two decades, has been appointed head of trading at Rock Springs Capital...
RPMI Railpen confirms trading to be insourced
RPMI Railpen, which represents the UK’s railway workers pension fund, has confirmed plans to internalise its trading desk, which is expected to be operational...
FTSE Russell Launches Sustainable Fixed Income Indexes
The new index launches address the growing trend of integrating sustainable investment themes into fixed income indexes.
The new index series consists of the FTSE...
Jamie Crank promoted at ASX
ASX has appointed Jamie Crank as group executive for technology and data, effective 9th September.
The appointment follows “an extensive external and internal search process”,...
Research: Having an EMS does lead to better performance in bond trading
The buy-side’s wish-list for execution and order management systems revealed in The DESK’s latest research.
Buy-side bond traders want their trading technology to provide a...
Return of volatility – will liquidity shifts bend or break US Treasuries?
Disclosed trading and internalisation are increasing as liquidity is wrung out of dealers and electronic market-makers. Chris Hall reports.
As January’s storms ripped holes in...
