Citadel Securities FICC systematic trading head Mark Wilkinson departs firm
Citadel Securities’ head of FICC systematic trading Mark Wilkinson is to depart the firm.
According to a social media post, Wilkinson had his last day...
bondIT: Elevated global risk of credit re-ratings
bondIT, a provider of credit analytics and next-generation investment technology, has published its quarterly credit risk forecast, indicating an elevated credit risk across the...
New flexible data offerings – Eugene Grinberg
Eugene Grinberg, Solve Advisors Co-Founder and CEO, tells The DESK how the firm’s acquisition of Advantage Data and Best Credit Data will support better decision-making...
Europe’s liquidity rules are holding up… for now
New guidance on fund liquidity has followed redemption concerns in European equity and bond funds, writes Lynn Strongin-Dodds.
The risk that funds are unable to...
Is rising credit risk displaying in bid-ask spreads?
US credit markets are seeing a divergence in bid-ask spreads and trade sizes between high yield and investment grade bonds, according to data from...
Doriane Geyler Rojas joins Ostrum AM
Doriane Geyler Rojas has been appointed business manager and project lead within the "direction des gestions" at Ostrum Asset Management.
Ostrum AM says it manages...
CME markets down as data centre overheats
Markets are currently halted at CME Group due to an overheating data centre.
The Globex futures and options market, cash FX EBS market and direct...
Beyond Liquidity: Rebundling Research Will Not Increase Demand for UK SMEs
With the implementation of MiFID II in 2018 came the unbundling of payments for investment research from trading commissions. The perceived benefit of unbundling...
Trumid sees return on investment: 2017 daily trade volumes doubled
By Flora McFarlane.
Trumid, the all-to-all electronic credit trading platform, reports it has has doubled 2017 daily trade volumes on last year.
The finTech firm reports...
Duff leads UK debt, EMEA FIG at SMBC
Matthew Duff has been named head of the EMEA financial investment group and UK debt syndicate at SMBC Group. He is based in London.
SMBC...
Pierre-Emmanuel Charlier joins Vontobel AM
Former Pictet Asset Management veteran trader, Pierre-Emmanuel Charlier, has joined Vontobel Asset Management, covering trading for credit, FX and derivatives over developed and emerging...
Reports: Ukraine raises nearly US$300 million in bond sale
Ukraine has successfully raised funds in the bond market at a time when Russian debt is becoming untradable. The proceeds from the bonds will...
