ESMA publishes its first liquidity assessment for bonds
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today its first liquidity assessment for bonds subject to the pre- and post-trade requirements of...
Yven Scholz promoted at Allianz Global Investors
Yven Scholz has been named head of electronic trading & services at Allianz Global Investors. Prior to his promotion, Scholz was a multi-asset derivatives...
LSEG widens market maker spreads for government bonds, more ETFs
The London Stock Exchange Group has increased market-maker spreads to 5% for all exchange-traded products (ETPs), exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and UK government bonds -...
New BrokerTec RFQ platform for European repo
By Pia Hecher.
Dealer-to-dealer electronic trading platform BrokerTec is preparing to launch BrokerTec Quote, a dealer-to-client request for quote (RFQ) trading system for the European...
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 DESK’s Trading Intentions Survey 2020 : Unpicking the buy-side workflow
We reveal the buy side’s use of platforms for pre-trade data, executing orders in the market and trading venues.
Trading Intentions Survey highlights
Bloomberg has...
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Kapoor swaps BBVA for HSBC
Sonu Kapoor has joined HSBC as an emerging markets trader, based in New York.
HSBC’s corporate and institutional banking arm reported US$7.1 billion in revenues...
Exclusive: US Bank, KeyBanc Capital Markets and Fifth Third Securities join DirectBooks
US Bank, KeyBanc Capital Markets, and Fifth Third Securities have joined the DirectBooks platform, increasing the total to 22 global underwriters on DirectBooks.
Jimmy Whang,...
FNZ acquiring bond portfolio management tool YieldX
FNZ, the wealth management platform, has agreed to acquire YieldX, the US-based provider of fixed income portfolio management technology, optimisation services and direct indexing...
Duffy remains confident in face of FMX challenge
Despite record results, one topic dominated CME’s Q2 earnings call earlier this week: FMX.
CEO Terry Duffy has been vocal from the outset about his...
Analysis: Impact of debt issuance on sell-side revenues in Q1
Strong bond issuance in the first quarter (Q1) is galvanising performance of debt capital market teams at investment banks, in turn creating optimism amongst...
The Book: TPG Operating Group prices US$500 million senior notes
The operating group of global asset management firm TPG has priced US$500 million in senior notes.
TPG holds US$261 billion in assets under management and...
