Capital Group appoints Carpenzano to fixed income team in Europe
Capital Group, which has more than US$441 billion in fixed income assets under management (AUM) of its total US$2.4 trillion AUM, has hired of...
MiFID II: What could go wrong
Keep an eye on these potential points of failure, writes Dan Barnes.
For trading desks the impact of the new Markets in Financial Instruments Directive...
Ending technology asymmetry in primary markets for bonds
Asset managers are playing catchup in primary markets technology after banks invested heavily in automated book building, says Rahul Kambli, senior product owner at...
ICE acquires American Financial Exchange
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has acquired the American Financial Exchange (AFX) in its entirety.
The electronic exchange, which facilitated direct lending and borrowing for American banks...
Scott swaps JP Morgan for Bloomberg
Ryan Scott has joined Bloomberg’s rates electronic sales team. He is based in New York.
Last year, the firm released a report suggesting that automated...
Coalition Greenwich: Buy-side data spend sees highest growth in fixed income
Spending is up across all categories of market data, with equities, fixed income and derivatives all expected to see a rise of more than...
Exclusive: Nichola Hunter to lead Liquidnet’s fixed income sales
Block-trading and agency execution specialist, Liquidnet, has appointed Nichola Hunter as global head of sales for fixed income.
Hunter will be responsible for growing client...
Automation may relieve the liquidity burden of capital rules
Corporate bond markets are rapidly electronifying on both sides of the Atlantic. Electronification of trading creates a virtuous circle for delivering faster, more standardised...
The liquidity gap between 144A and Reg S bonds
144A and Regulation S (Reg S) securities have distinct regulatory backgrounds and key differences. Liquidity measures such as Bid-Ask spread and post-issuance volumes in...
FIX issues guide for MiFID II reporting of bond trades
By Flora McFarlane.
FIX Trading Community, which sets the messaging standard for trading messages sent between buy-side and sell-side firms, has published the final Recommended...
ICE Bonds and BlackRock Aladdin offer fixed income portfolio auction to buy side
Market operator Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has integrated its ICE Bonds integrated with BlackRock’s Aladdin portfolio and order management system (OMS) to offer access to...
Hunstad and Roth take investment reins at NTAM
Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM) has named Michael Hunstad and Christian Roth global co-chief investment officers, effective 1 June.
They replace Angelo Manioudakis, who has...
