Derivatives: Credit default swaps – The revival
Applying innovation from corporate bond markets to credit derivatives trading could boost liquidity at a point of market stress.
Single-name credit default swaps (CDSs) provide...
Houlihan Lokey boosts European team with Vieri Betti Guaraldi appointment
Houlihan Lokey has appointed Vieri Betti Guaraldi as a managing director of its capital markets group, part of its expansion of the European team.
In...
Jean-Marc Perrin elevated at SGCIB
Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking (SGCIB) has promoted Jean-Marc Perrin to co-head of Investment grade credit trading.
This advancement comes after his tenure as...
Symphony acquires StreetLinx
Symphony has acquired the counterparty mapping platform StreetLinx, thereby adding over 200 institutional counterparties to the 1000+ institutions it reports are currently using Symphony....
Me The Money Show – Episode Two
Terry Flanagan, editor of Markets Media, highlights previous winners of the Markets Choice Awards and gives tips on nominations for this year, with Dan...
ICE Bonds sees record notional volume for portfolio trading
Market operator, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has reported record volumes for fixed income portfolio trading during the fourth quarter of 2020.
Over US$1.9 billion in US-based...
Matthew Walters joins Susquehanna
Susquehanna has appointed Matthew Walters as head of credit platform sales, a source has revealed to The DESK. He reports to Justin Lada, head...
Coalition Greenwich sees US bond trading volumes falling in Q2
A report by market analysis form Coalition Greenwich, part of S&P Global, has found that after an active first quarter, corporate bond trading slowed...
Bloomberg introduces new fixed income pre-trade TCA model
Bloomberg has launched a new pre-trade transaction cost analysis (TCA) model that helps market participants to assess trade cost, daily executable volume, and probability...
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...
Obligation to clear could be delayed to 2019 for smaller derivatives users
For financial counterparties, and certain funds classified as non-financial counterparties, whose individual aggregate positions in over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives are €8 billion or below, the...
What FINRA’s trade reporting changes tell us about consolidated tapes
Understanding the difference between commercial and public data offerings is crucial for data users. A good example of this difference can be found with...
